CVE-2020-8100 Incomplete validation in detection code in Bitdefender Engines (VA-8589)
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Bitdefender Engines by submitting a specially crafted sample for scanning.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8100?
CVE-2020-8100 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Bitdefender Engines, published on 15 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the cevakrnl.rv0 module as used in the Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service while scanning a specially-crafted sample. This issue affects: Bitdefender Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.84063.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8100?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitdefender Engines.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8100?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-8100 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8100 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitdefender Engines
- CVE-2022-3369 Improper handling of registry symbolic links in Bitdefender Engines
- CVE-2023-3633 Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Issue in CEVA Engine
- CVE-2020-8110 Bitdefender ceva_emu.cvd module denial-of-service (VA-8766)
- CVE-2020-8109 Bitdefender ace.xmd parser out-of-bounds write (VA-8772)
- CVE-2020-15731 Local Privilege Escalation in Bitdefender Engines (VA-8953)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c4c3-828j-hx3w.