CVE-2021-33602 (GCVE-0-2021-33602)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-06 09:59 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability affecting the F-Secure Antivirus engine was discovered when the engine tries to unpack a zip archive (LZW decompression method), and this can crash the scanning engine. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in Denial-of-Service of the Anti-Virus engine.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- Denial of Service Vulnerability
Assigner
F-SecureUS
CNA
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Cloud Protection for Salesforce |
Affected:
All Version
|
guessed |
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