Vulnerabilites related to Synaptics - Synaptics Audio Driver
CVE-2024-9157 (GCVE-0-2024-9157)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-11 16:28
Modified
2025-03-11 19:20
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Summary
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED **  A privilege escalation vulnerability in CxUIUSvc64.exe and CxUIUSvc32.exe of Synaptics audio drivers allows a local authorized attacker to load a DLL in a privileged process. Out of an abundance of caution, this CVE ID is being assigned to better serve our customers and ensure all who are still running this product understand that the product is End-of-Life and should be removed. For more information on this, refer to the CVE Record’s reference information.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Synaptics Synaptics Audio Driver Version: 0   < 9.0.282.*
Version: 0   < 9.0.285.*
Version: 0   < 9.0.278.*
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