# CVE-2024-34406: Denial of service in n/a

> An attacker can cause a denial of service in the McAfee Security Antivirus VPN Android app by sending a malformed deep link.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 22 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7fx2-6x89-r7jc

## What is CVE-2024-34406?

CVE-2024-34406 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper exception handling in McAfee Security: Antivirus VPN for Android before 8.3.0 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through the use of a malformed deep link.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34406?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-34406?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34406 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34406 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34406 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34406 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34406 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34406 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34406/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34406/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34406
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34406
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34406

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34406/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.