CVE-2024-3779 Denial of Service in ESET products for Windows
An attacker can render ESET security products inoperable shortly after installation or upgrade if specific non-default conditions are met.
- 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-2024-3779?
CVE-2024-3779 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows, published on 16 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Denial of service vulnerability present shortly after product installation or upgrade, potentially allowed an attacker to render ESET’s security product inoperable, provided non-default preconditions were met.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3779?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Eset Endpoint Antivirus, Eset Endpoint Security, Eset Internet Security, Eset Mail Security, Eset Nod32, Eset Security and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-3779?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3779 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-2024-3779 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3779 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows
- CVE-2024-0353 Local privilege escalation in Windows products
- CVE-2023-3160 Local privilege escalation in security products for Windows
- CVE-2021-37852 LPE in ESET products for Windows
- CVE-2023-5594 Improper following of a certificate's chain of trust in ESET security products
- CVE-2021-37851 Local Privilege Escalation in ESET product for Windows
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4fch-r62j-4r94.