PT-2005-2738 · Avast · Avast Antivirus

Piotr Bania · Published 2005-05-31 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-1770

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Avast! Antivirus versions 4.6

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the Aavmker4 device driver, allowing local users to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a system crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain signals combined with crafted input.

Recommendations For Avast! Antivirus version 4.6, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1770

Affected Products

Avast Antivirus

References · 3

• 🔥 http://pb.specialised.info/all/adv/avast-adv.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1770 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111712494620031&w=2 · Note