CVE-2007-6265: avast avast_antivirus_home

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6265 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in avast avast_antivirus_home. EPSS estimates a 1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 07-12-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in avast! 4 Home and Professional Editions before 4.7.1098 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted TAR archive.

• 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.