CVE-2022-28871 (GCVE-0-2022-28871)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-25 10:14 – Updated: 2024-08-03 06:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Summary
A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure Atlant whereby the fsicapd component used in certain F-Secure products while scanning larger packages/fuzzed files consume too much memory eventually can crash the scanning engine. The exploit can be triggered remotely by an attacker.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- Denial of Service Vulnerability
Assigner
F-SecureUS
CNA
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-ad… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/support/security… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-Secure | All 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 Cloud Protection for Salesforce |
Affected:
All Version
|
guessed |
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