PT-2021-22972 · F Secure · F-Secure Antivirus Engine

Published 2021-12-22 · Updated 2021-12-28 · CVE-2021-40836

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions F-Secure antivirus engine (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability was discovered in the F-Secure antivirus engine, where scanning MS Outlook .pst files can lead to denial-of-service. The issue can be exploited remotely by an attacker, resulting in the denial-of-service of the antivirus engine.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-40836

Affected Products

F-Secure Antivirus Engine

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40836 · Security Note
• https://f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/34491 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/24773 · Telegram Post