MEDIUM
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
Published Aug 25, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.40%
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
No data.
OR
- 9.0.0.463
- 9.0.0.459
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.40% 0.06398
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06398
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.40% (0.06398) | 93.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.40% (0.06398) | 92.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 9.28% (0.09284) | 92.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.23% (0.11233) | 92.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.51% (0.16507) | 91.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 11.23% (0.11233) | 92.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.58% (0.07584) | 91.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 5, 2025 | 22.64% (0.22643) | 96.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 17.34% (0.17340) | 96.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 28, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01535) | 85.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2023 | 1.59% (0.01589) | 85.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.20% (0.01197) | 82.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 89.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 88.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 76.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0252.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36405 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/66 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESExploit
- http://www.h-online.com/security/Kaspersky-confirm-and-close-DoS-vulnerability--/news/114077 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.osvdb.org/57173 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36084 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022754 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022755 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52571 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0252.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36405 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/66 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESExploit | |
| http://www.h-online.com/security/Kaspersky-confirm-and-close-DoS-vulnerability--/news/114077 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/57173 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36084 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022754 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022755 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52571 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 25, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 25, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2966
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a