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FKIE_CVE-2022-28886

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-09-23 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:39

Severity

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

A Denial-of-Service vulnerability was discovered in the F-Secure and WithSecure products where aerdl.so/aerdl.dll may go into an infinite loop when unpacking PE files. It is possible that this can crash the scanning engine

References

URL	Tags
cve-notifications-us@f-secure.com	https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories	Vendor Advisory
cve-notifications-us@f-secure.com	https://www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-advisories	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-advisories	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
f-secure	cloud_protection_for_salesforce	*
f-secure	collaboration_protection	*
f-secure	elements_endpoint_protection	*
f-secure	internet_gatekeeper	-
f-secure	linux_security	*

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CVE-2022-28886 (GCVE-0-2022-28886)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-23 18:24 – Updated: 2025-05-22 18:15

Title

Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-22 15:34 UTC

CWE

Denial of Service Vulnerability
CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Assigner

F-SecureUS

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-ad…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
F-Secure and WithSecure	All F-Secure and WithSecure Endpoint Protection products for Windows running 32 bit operating system. F-Secure Linux Security 32 F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper	Affected: All Version

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CVE-2022-28886 (GCVE-0-2022-28886)

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