CVE-2024-37284
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileEURUEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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affected products (2)
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references (4)
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- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-defend-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-24/373441cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37284cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-defend-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-24/373441enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-defend-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-24/373441nvd
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