CVE-2016-4329

MEDIUM

Kaspersky Anti-Virus - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (4)

[Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0175/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92771/info

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.kaspersky.com/vulnerability.aspx?el=12430#010916

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92771

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (4)

kaspersky/anti-virus

kaspersky/internet_security

kaspersky/total_security

Kaspersky/Total Security < 16.0.0.614

Timeline

Published Jan 06, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026