CVE-2021-27223 Denial of service in Kaspersky Anti-Virus products for home and Kaspersky Endpoint Security
A local user can cause a Windows crash by running a specially crafted binary module in Kaspersky security products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-27223?
CVE-2021-27223 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Kaspersky Anti-Virus products for home and Kaspersky Endpoint Security, published on 1 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial-of-service issue existed in one of modules that was incorporated in Kaspersky Anti-Virus products for home and Kaspersky Endpoint Security. A local user could cause Windows crash by running a specially crafted binary module. The fix was delivered automatically. Credits: (Straghkov Denis, Kurmangaleev Shamil, Fedotov Andrey, Kuts Daniil, Mishechkin Maxim, Akolzin Vitaliy) @ ISPRAS
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27223?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Endpoint Security, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Security Cloud, Kaspersky Small Office Security, Kaspersky Total Security.
How do I fix CVE-2021-27223?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27223 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-2021-27223 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27223 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Kaspersky Anti-Virus products for home and Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- CVE-2022-27534 Memory corruption in Kaspersky Anti-Virus products for home and Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- CVE-2019-15687 Information disclosure in Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Small Office Security, Kaspersky Security Cloud
- CVE-2019-15688 Open redirect in Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Small Office Security, Kaspersky Security Cloud
- CVE-2016-4329 Denial of service in Total Security
- CVE-2019-15685 Security feature bypass in Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Total Security, Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Small Office Security, Kaspersky Security Cloud
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7cc7-6j4x-2w54.