CVE-2021-40837

medium

Description

A vulnerability affecting F-Secure antivirus engine before Capricorn update 2022-02-01_01 was discovered whereby decompression of ACE file causes the scanner service to stop. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in denial-of-service of the antivirus engine.

References

https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2021-40837

https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-02-09

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00425