CVE-2009-2966
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 6.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2952)
- Published
- August 25, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2952 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kaspersky / kaspersky anti-virus
- kaspersky / kaspersky internet security
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0252.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36405(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/66(Exploit)
- http://www.h-online.com/security/Kaspersky-confirm-and-close-DoS-vulnerability--/news/114077
- http://www.osvdb.org/57173
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36084(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022754
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022755
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52571
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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