FKIE_CVE-2009-2966
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-08-25 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:10
Severity
Summary
avp.exe in Kaspersky Internet Security 9.0.0.459 and Anti-Virus 9.0.0.463 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and network connectivity loss) via an HTTP URL request that contains a large number of dot "." characters.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| kaspersky | kaspersky_anti-virus | 9.0.0.463 | |
| kaspersky | kaspersky_internet_security | 9.0.0.459 |
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