Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4329

Title: Kaspersky Internet Security Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4329.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Jan 06, 2017
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.58%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4329: A local denial of service vulnerability exists in window broadcast message handling functionality of Kaspersky Anti-Virus software. Sending certain unhandled window messages, an attacker can cause application termination and in the same way bypass KAV self-protection mechanism.

Impacted Vendors

F
fabrix 1
B
bitdefender 1
D
drweb 1
F
f-secure 2
K
kaspersky 3

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92771 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0175/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92771/info https://support.kaspersky.com/vulnerability.aspx?el=12430#010916 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92771 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0175/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4329 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.