CVE-2024-9481

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 v3 5.1 MEDIUM

5.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.4 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html	Not Applicable

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus::::::macos::*
	cpe:2.3:a:avg:antivirus::::::macos::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-10-04 13:15

Updated : 2024-11-08 20:49

NVD link : CVE-2024-9481

Mitre link : CVE-2024-9481

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-9481

JSON object : View

Products Affected

avast

antivirus

avg

antivirus

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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