CVE-2021-40837
Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-40837- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-27994
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.
- Record
EUVD-2021-27994- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2whc-p527-687m No score
A vulnerability affecting F-Secure antivirus engine before Capricorn update 2022-02-01_01 was...
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.
- Record
GHSA-2whc-p527-687m- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-40837- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- f-secure atlant
- f-secure elements endpoint detection and response
- f-secure elements endpoint protection
- 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 cloud
- f-secure internet gatekeeper
- f-secure linux security
- f-secure security cloud
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-40837 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in F-secure Atlant, published February 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.66%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.