Medium severity4.6NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-40837

Description

A vulnerability affecting F-Secure antivirus engine before Capricorn update 2022-02-01_01 was discovered whereby decompression of ACE file causes the scanner service to stop. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker. A successful attack will result in denial-of-service of the antivirus engine.

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Affected products

F-Secure/Atlant
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:atlant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2022-02-01_01
F-Secure/Elements Endpoint Detection And Response
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:elements_endpoint_detection_and_response:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2022-02-01_01
F-Secure/Elements Endpoint Protection
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:elements_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2022-02-01_01
F-Secure/Internet Gatekeeper
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:internet_gatekeeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2022-02-01_01
F-Secure/Linux Security
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:linux_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2022-02-01_01
F-Secure/Security Cloud
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:security_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2022-02-01_01
F-Secure/antivirus enginellm-create
Range: < 2022-02-01_01
F-Secure/F-Secure endpoint protection products on Windows and Mac. F-Secure Linux Security (32-bit), F-Secure Linux Security 64, F-Secure Atlant, F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper & F-Secure Security Cloudv5
Range: All Version

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References

www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisoriesnvdVendor Advisory
www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2021-40837nvdVendor Advisory

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