PT-2021-1613 · Microsoft · Windows Cryptoapi+1

Published 2021-01-12 · Updated 2024-10-08 · CVE-2021-1679

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows CryptoAPI (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the Windows CryptoAPI interface of Windows operating systems. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-00266

CVE-2021-1679

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Cryptoapi

References · 7

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1679 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1679 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-1679 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1679 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-00266 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-1679 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-1679 · Note