Vulnerability CVE-2021-33599


Published: 2021-09-07

Description:
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure Antivirus engine was discovered whereby scanning WIM archive file can lead to denial-of-service (infinite loop and freezes AV engine scanner). The vulnerability can be exploit remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in Denial-of-Service of the Anti-Virus engine.

Type:

CWE-835

(Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
F-secure -> Atlant 
F-secure -> Cloud protection for salesforce 
F-secure -> Linux security 

 References:
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2021-33599

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