CVE-2024-9481 — Out-of-bounds Write in Avast Antivirus

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
AVG Avast AntivirusAvast AntivirusAVG Antivirus
Timeline
PublishedOct 4

Description

An out-of-bounds write in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed eml file to crash the application during file processing.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDavast/antivirus< 24092400
▶CVEListV5avg/avast_antivirus24/Sep/2024 — < 24092400
▶NVDavg/antivirus< 24092400

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xfxr-3v89-hch2: An out-of-bounds write in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed eml file to↗2024-10-04
▶
CVEList
Out of Bounds write on scan of malformed eml file may crash the application↗2024-10-04
▶
CVE-2024-9481 — Out-of-bounds Write in Avast Antivirus | cvebase