Avast antivirus heap buffer OOB read when scanning a malformed PE file
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Gen Digital | Avast Antivirus | affected |
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| Gen Digital | AVG Antivirus | affected |
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| Gen Digital | Norton Antivirus | affected |
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| Gen Digital | Avast One | affected |
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| Gen Digital | Avast Business Antivirus | affected |
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| Gen Digital | Norton Antivirus |
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Vendor Solution
Install virus definitions VPS 25021310 or any later virus-definition update. All builds at or above VPS 25021310 include the fix; staying current on definitions is required.
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.146% probability within 30 days)
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Gen Digital
Gen Digital avast Antivirus Gen Digital avast Business Antivirus Gen Digital avast One Gen Digital avg Antivirus Gen Digital norton Antivirus |
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Gen Digital
Gen Digital avast Antivirus Gen Digital avast Business Antivirus Gen Digital avast One Gen Digital avg Antivirus Gen Digital norton Antivirus |
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| Description | Heap buffer out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Avast Antivirus when scanning a malformed Windows PE file may allow Local Execution of Code or Denial-of-Service of the antivirus process. This issue affects Avast Antivirus, AVG Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, Avast One, and Avast Business Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for virus definition builds before VPS 25021310. The affected scanning logic is delivered through a shared Gen Digital virus definition update stream. The same stream feeds the consumer antivirus products listed in this advisory and other Gen Digital products that embed the same engine. Mitigation flows through this update channel; installations at or above the listed build are not vulnerable regardless of which product consumes the stream. | |
| Title | Avast antivirus heap buffer OOB read when scanning a malformed PE file | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
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cvssV3_1
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