CVE-2024-9482 — 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 Mach-O 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-3pc8-hwcr-cqrw: 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 Mach-O file↗2024-10-04
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CVEList
Out of Bounds write on scan of malformed Mach-O file may crash the application↗2024-10-04
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