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Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2022 · Assigned by Bitdefender

CVE-2021-4198messaging_ipc.dll NULL Pointer Dereference in multiple Bitdefender products (VA-10016)

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in Antivirus Plus from Bitdefender. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the messaging_ipc.dll component as used in Bitdefender Total Security, Internet Security, Antivirus Plus, Endpoint Security Tools, VPN Standalone allows an attacker to arbitrarily crash product processes and generate crashdump files. This issue affects: Bitdefender Total Security versions prior to 26.0.3.29. Bitdefender Internet Security versions prior to 26.0.3.29. Bitdefender Antivirus Plus versions prior to 26.0.3.29. Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools versions prior to 7.2.2.92. Bitdefender VPN Standalone versions prior to 25.5.0.48.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Bitdefender Total Security unspecified – before 26.0.3.29
Bitdefender Internet Security unspecified – before 26.0.3.29
Bitdefender Antivirus Plus unspecified – before 26.0.3.29
Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools unspecified – before 7.2.2.92
Bitdefender VPN Standalone unspecified – before 25.5.0.48

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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