CVE-2009-2966

high

Description

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52571

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-2952

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022755

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022754

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36084

http://www.osvdb.org/57173

http://www.h-online.com/security/Kaspersky-confirm-and-close-DoS-vulnerability--/news/114077

http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/66

http://secunia.com/advisories/36405

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0252.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06398