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CVE-2009-2966

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

• Kaspersky Anti-Virus: 9.0.0.463
• Kaspersky Internet Security: 9.0.0.459

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0252.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36405
• http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/66
• 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
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022754
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022755
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52571
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0252.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36405
• http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/66

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