CVE-2007-2846: avast avast_antivirus

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-2846 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in avast avast_antivirus. EPSS estimates a 7.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 24-05-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the SIS unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIS archive, resulting from an "integer cast around."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.