CVE-2026-23761

VB-Audio Voicemeeter & Matrix Drivers DoS via Improper FILE_OBJECT FsContext Initialization

State
Published
Severity
6.9 Medium
Published
Jan 22, 2026
Updated
May 14, 2026
Reserved
Jan 15, 2026

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Description

VB-Audio Voicemeeter, Voicemeeter Banana, and Voicemeeter Potato (versions ending in 1.1.1.9, 2.1.1.9, and 3.1.1.9 and earlier, respectively), as well as VB-Audio Matrix and Matrix Coconut (versions ending in 1.0.2.2 and 2.0.2.2 and earlier, respectively), contain a vulnerability in their virtual audio drivers (vbvoicemeetervaio64*.sys, vbmatrixvaio64*.sys, vbaudio_vmauxvaio*.sys, vbaudio_vmvaio*.sys, and vbaudio_vmvaio3*.sys). When a handle is opened with a special file attribute value, the drivers improperly initialize FILE_OBJECT->FsContext to a non-pointer magic value. If subsequent operations are not handled by the VB-Audio driver and are forwarded down the audio driver stack (e.g., via PortCls to ks.sys), the invalid FsContext value can be dereferenced, causing a kernel crash (BSoD), typically SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION with STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to trigger a denial-of-service on affected Windows systems.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Voicemeeter (Standard)VB-Audio Software
  • 1.1.1.9 and earlierAffected
Voicemeeter BananaVB-Audio Software
  • 2.1.1.9 and earlierAffected
Voicemeeter PotatoVB-Audio Software
  • 3.1.1.9 and earlierAffected
MatrixVB-Audio Software
  • 1.0.2.2 and earlierAffected
Matrix CoconutVB-Audio Software
  • 2.0.2.2 and earlierAffected

References

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