CVE-2024-37284 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-37284: Elastic Defend Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding Leads to Crash

Vendor Elastic
Product Elastic Defend
Weakness CWE-755
Published January 21, 2025
Last update January 21, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper handling of alternate encoding occurs when Elastic Defend on Windows systems attempts to scan a file or process encoded as a multibyte character. This leads to an uncaught exception causing Elastic Defend to crash which in turn will prevent it from quarantining the file and/or killing the process.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 21, 2025 CVE published
January 21, 2025 Record updated