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Local kernel driver crash only; PR:L because standard users can reach the driver via IOCTL; no confidentiality or integrity impact applies.
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A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability for driver GFAC_Sys_x64.sys in Little Orbit GFAC allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted requests that trigger a system crash.
AnalysisAI
NULL pointer dereference in the GFAC_Sys_x64.sys kernel driver of Little Orbit's GameFirst Anti-Cheat enables a local low-privileged attacker to crash the entire Windows system by sending crafted requests to the driver. All versions released up to 2025-07-07 are affected per EUVD-2026-41377. A public GitHub repository containing proof-of-concept exploit code covering this CVE alongside two sibling vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-12167, CVE-2026-12168) exists, though no active exploitation has been confirmed by CISA KEV.
Technical ContextAI
GameFirst Anti-Cheat (GFAC) is a Windows kernel-mode anti-cheat solution from Little Orbit that installs a privileged driver, GFAC_Sys_x64.sys, to monitor game integrity at the OS kernel level. Kernel-mode drivers running in ring-0 have no memory protection boundary beneath them - a NULL pointer dereference in this context causes an immediate, unrecoverable kernel panic (BSOD/STOP error) rather than a process-level crash. Anti-cheat drivers are architecturally exposed to user-space interaction by design, as they must receive I/O control (IOCTL) calls from the game client; this attack surface allows a local unprivileged user to craft malformed requests that trigger the defective code path. The affected product is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:little_orbit:gamefirst_anti-cheat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covering all versions. Although no CWE is formally assigned in the provided data, the described behavior is consistent with CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference). The vulnerability was reported through CERT/CC (ENISA EUVD-2026-41377).
RemediationAI
No specific patched version number has been identified in the available data, so a vendor-confirmed fix version cannot be cited. Administrators and users should consult the CERT/CC advisory at https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639124 and the Little Orbit vendor page at https://www.littleorbit.com/ for patch availability and updated guidance. As an immediate compensating control, uninstalling or disabling GameFirst Anti-Cheat (and stopping the GFAC_Sys_x64.sys driver service) eliminates the attack surface entirely, at the trade-off of removing anti-cheat protections for any associated games. On managed systems where removal is not feasible, restricting the ability of standard users to send raw device I/O control requests via AppLocker or similar policy mechanisms may reduce exposure, though this may break the anti-cheat's intended functionality. The ENISA EUVD entry (EUVD-2026-41377) and NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12166 should be monitored for updates including a confirmed patched release.
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-41377
GHSA-rp8q-7vcj-j55j