CVE-2022-28884 (GCVE-0-2022-28884)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-06 17:19 – Updated: 2024-08-03 06:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- Denial of Service Vulnerability
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-ad… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.withsecure.com/en/expertise/people | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
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