Certain WithSecure products allow a remote crash of a scanning engine via unpacking of crafted data files.

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• withsecure atlant1.0.35-1
• withsecure client security15
• withsecure elements endpoint protection17 and later
• withsecure email and server security15
• withsecure linux protection12.0
• withsecure linux security 6412.0
• withsecure server security15

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2024-4454WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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• CVE-2023-47172Certain WithSecure products allow Local Privilege Escalation.
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• CVE-2023-47264Certain WithSecure products have a buffer over-read whereby processing certain fuzz file types may cause a denial of service (DoS).
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• CVE-2023-47263Certain WithSecure products allow a Denial of Service (DoS) in the antivirus engine when scanning a fuzzed PE32 file.
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• CVE-2023-42525Certain WithSecure products allow an infinite loop in a scanning engine via unspecified file types.
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• CVE-2023-42524Certain WithSecure products allow an infinite loop in a scanning engine via unspecified file types.
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

Code that parses nested structures sets no depth or size limit. A small input can turn into a disproportionate processing load.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1function expand(node) {2  return node.children.map(expand);3}

1const MAX_DEPTH = 32;2function expand(node, depth = 0) {3  if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) throw new Error("too deep");4  return node.children.map((c) => expand(c, depth + 1));5}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.