5.5med
CVE-2016-4329
A local denial of service vulnerability exists in window broadcast message handling functionality of Kaspersky Anti-Virus software.
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 47%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
A local denial of service vulnerability exists in window broadcast message handling functionality of Kaspersky Anti-Virus software. Sending certain unhandled window messages, an attacker can cause application termination and in the same way bypass KAV self-protection mechanism.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.57% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- Kaspersky Total Security
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/92771 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- talosintelligence.com /reports/TALOS-2016-0175/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/92771/info · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- support.kaspersky.com /vulnerability.aspx?el=12430#010916 · Vendor Advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-4329
- NVD: CVE-2016-4329
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