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CVE-2021-40837

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CVE-2021-40837

Published: Feb 9, 2022

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.6

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability affecting F-Secure antivirus engine before Capricorn update 2022-02-01_01 was discovered whereby decompression of ACE file causes the scanner service to stop. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in denial-of-service of the antivirus engine.

VendorProductVersions

F-Secure

F-Secure endpoint protection products on Windows and Mac. F-Secure Linux Security (32-bit), F-Secure Linux Security 64, F-Secure Atlant, F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper & F-Secure Security Cloud

affected
All Version

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

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