CVE-2023-1587

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Published Apr 19, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a NULL pointer dereference issue via RPC-interface. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

AVAST

Avast Antivirus

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`22.5`	affected	≤ 22.10

AVG

AVG Antivirus

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`22.5`	affected	≤ 22.10

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:avg:anti-virus::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-23819	Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a NULL pointer dereference issue via RPC-interface. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.211% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html

History

Feb 5, 2025 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Avast Antivirus

Avg Anti-virus

Microsoft Windows

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 5, 2025, 4:15 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: NLOK
Published: Apr 19, 2023, 6:39 PM
Updated: Feb 5, 2025, 4:15 PM
Reserved: Mar 22, 2023, 10:17 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:57 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:57 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:28 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 19, 2023, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:28 AM

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