CVE-2022-38166 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In F-Secure Endpoint Protection for Windows and macOS before channel with Capricorn database 2022-11-22_07, the aerdl.dll unpacker handler crashes. This can lead to a scanning engine crash, triggerable remotely by an attacker for denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00322.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos
F-secure	Elements Endpoint Protection
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:elements_endpoint_protection:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-40763	In F-Secure Endpoint Protection for Windows and macOS before channel with Capricorn database 2022-11-22_07, the aerdl.dll unpacker handler crashes. This can lead to a scanning engine crash, triggerable remotely by an attacker for denial of service.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/support/security-advisories/cve-2022-38166

History

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-248
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-29T14:55:54.830Z

Reserved: 2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38166

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:45:52.630Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-25T15:15:10.393

Modified: 2025-04-29T15:15:48.190

Link: CVE-2022-38166

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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