CVE-2020-8100
Incomplete validation in detection code in Bitdefender Engines (VA-8589)
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the cevakrnl.rv0 module as used in the Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service while scanning a specially-crafted sample. This issue affects: Bitdefender Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.84063.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Incomplete validation in detection code in Bitdefender Engines (VA-8589)
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the cevakrnl.rv0 module as used in the Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service while scanning a specially-crafted sample. This issue affects: Bitdefender Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.84063.
- Record
CVE-2020-8100- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29011
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the cevakrnl.rv0 module as used in the Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service while scanning a specially-crafted sample. This issue affects: Bitdefender Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.84063.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29011- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c4c3-828j-hx3w No score
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the cevakrnl.rv0 module as used in the Bitdefender...
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the cevakrnl.rv0 module as used in the Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service while scanning a specially-crafted sample. This issue affects: Bitdefender Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.84063.
- Record
GHSA-c4c3-828j-hx3w- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the cevakrnl.rv0 module as used in the Bitdefender Engines allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service while scanning a specially-crafted sample. This issue affects: Bitdefender Bitdefender Engines versions prior to 7.84063.
- Record
CVE-2020-8100- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8100 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) in Bitdefender Engines, published May 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.00%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.