CVE-2022-43665 Denial of service in Alyac
An attacker can cause a denial of service in ESTsoft Alyac by providing a specially crafted PE file to the malware scan functionality.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-43665?
CVE-2022-43665 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in ESTsoft Alyac, published on 2 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the malware scan functionality of ESTsoft Alyac 2.5.8.645. A specially-crafted PE file can lead to killing target process. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-823
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43665?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Estsoft Alyac.
How do I fix CVE-2022-43665?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43665 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-2022-43665 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-43665 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in ESTsoft Alyac
Sources
Also known as GHSA-93v9-97wh-mcxc.