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.
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Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:45:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vb-audio Software
Vb-audio Software matrix
Vb-audio Software matrix Coconut
Vb-audio Software voicemeeter
Vb-audio Software voicemeeter Banana
Vb-audio Software voicemeeter Potato
Vendors & Products Vb-audio Software
Vb-audio Software matrix
Vb-audio Software matrix Coconut
Vb-audio Software voicemeeter
Vb-audio Software voicemeeter Banana
Vb-audio Software voicemeeter Potato

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0900

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References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title VB-Audio Voicemeeter & Matrix Drivers DoS via Improper FILE_OBJECT FsContext Initialization
Weaknesses CWE-824
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-22T16:52:09.277Z

Reserved: 2026-01-15T18:42:20.938Z

Link: CVE-2026-23761

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-22T16:41:32.034Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-22T17:16:37.320

Modified: 2026-01-22T17:16:37.320

Link: CVE-2026-23761

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-24T01:32:20Z

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