CVE-2005-1770 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Avast Antivirus

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Alwil Avast Antivirus
Timeline
PublishedMay 31
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Buffer overflow in the Aavmker4 device driver in Avast! Antivirus 4.6 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain signals combined with crafted input.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDalwil/avast_antivirus27 versions+26

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mf9g-4w3p-pw8h: Buffer overflow in the Aavmker4 device driver in Avast! Antivirus 4↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2005-1770: Buffer overflow in the Aavmker4 device driver in Avast! Antivirus 4↗2005-05-31
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CVE-2005-1770 — Alwil Avast Antivirus vulnerability | cvebase