CVE-2006-4626Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Avast Antivirus

3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
5.9%
top 9.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 7
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in alwil avast! Anti-virus Engine before 4.7.869 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted LHA file that contains extended headers with file and directory names whose concatenation triggers the overflow.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

NVDalwil/avast_antivirus4.6.460+28

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qf9j-7j34-r94m: Heap-based buffer overflow in alwil avast! Anti-virus Engine before 42022-05-01
CVEList
CVE-2006-4626: Heap-based buffer overflow in alwil avast! Anti-virus Engine before 42006-09-07
CVE-2006-4626 — Alwil Avast Antivirus vulnerability | cvebase