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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2966

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.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 6.40%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
6.40% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
kaspersky/kaspersky anti-virus · kaspersky/kaspersky internet security
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.