CVE-2024-9481 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-9481: Out of Bounds write on scan of malformed eml file may crash the application

Vendor Avg/Avast

Product Antivirus

Weakness CWE-787

Published October 4, 2024

Last update October 7, 2024

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CVSS base score

5.1/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity High

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 4, 2024 CVE published

October 7, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9481 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

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CVE-2024-9481: Out of Bounds write on scan of malformed eml file may crash the application

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