Elastic Defend Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding Leads to Crash (Elastic Elastic Defend)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.16 % · percentile 5 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- elastic
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | elastic |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security@elastic.co (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-36693
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-37284
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0050 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Elastic · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Elastic · Elastic Defend | affected 8.0.0 < 8.13.3 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |