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Redragon Gaming Mouse driver contains a kernel-level vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending malformed IOCTL requests. Att…
Published:
15 January 2026 at 23:00:00
Alert date:
16 January 2026 at 01:13:28
Source:
nvd.nist.gov
Operating Systems, Mobile & IoT
The Redragon Gaming Mouse driver contains a kernel-level vulnerability (CVE-2021-47786) that allows attackers to trigger a denial of service attack. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending malformed IOCTL requests to the driver. Attackers can craft a specific 2000-byte buffer with particular byte patterns and send it to the REDRAGON_MOUSE device to crash the kernel driver. This represents a significant security risk as it provides a vector for system-level denial of service attacks through a gaming peripheral driver.
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Affected products:
Redragon Gaming Mouse driver
Related links:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47786
https://github.com/Quadron-Research-Lab/Kernel_Driver_bugs/tree/main/REDRAGON_MOUSE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50322
https://www.redragonzone.com/
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redragon-gaming-mouse-redragonmousesys-denial-of-service-poc
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This article was created with the assistance of AI technology by Perceptive.
