Antivirus vulnerabilities
4 known vulnerabilities in Antivirus from Avast. 4 are rated high or critical. Each entry lists the affected versions and the release that fixes it, where the vendor has published one.
Latest first
- 7.5 High severity
Antivirus: NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus: 3.0.3.
- 9.8 Critical severity
Antivirus: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Avast Antivirus (25.1.981.6) on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Antivirus: from 25.1.981.6 before 25.3.
- 7.0 High severity
Antivirus: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
A sym-linked file accessed via the repair function in Avast Antivirus <24.2 on Windows may allow user to elevate privilege to delete arbitrary files or run processes as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. The vulnerability exists within the "Repair" (settings -> troubleshoot
- 7.8 High severity
Norton Antivirus Windows Eraser Engine: Improper Privilege Management
Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normall