Vulnerability CVE-2021-40837


Published: 2022-02-09

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.

Type:

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
F-secure -> Atlant 
F-secure -> Internet gatekeeper 
F-secure -> Linux security 
F-secure -> Security cloud 

 References:
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2021-40837

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