CVE-2022-28884 Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering an infinite loop in the scanning engine when unpacking PE files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-28884?

CVE-2022-28884 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in All F-Secure and WithSecure Endpoint Protection products for Windows and Mac running 32 bit operating system. F-Secure Linux Security 32 F-Secure Atlant F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper WithSecure Cloud Protection for Salesforce WithSecure Collaboration Protection, published on 6 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28884?

It affects 4 products.

Products include F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper, F-Secure Linux Security, Withsecure Business Suite, Withsecure Elements Endpoint Protection.

How do I fix CVE-2022-28884?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28884 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-2022-28884 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5gmm-5672-7w8f.

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