CVE-2022-38166 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can remotely trigger a crash in the F-Secure Endpoint Protection scanning engine, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2022-38166?
CVE-2022-38166 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In F-Secure Endpoint Protection for Windows and macOS before channel with Capricorn database 2022-11-22_07, the aerdl.dll unpacker handler crashes. This can lead to a scanning engine crash, triggerable remotely by an attacker for denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-248
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38166?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F-Secure Elements Endpoint Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38166?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38166 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-2022-38166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-84r8-w725-7j27.