PT-2016-5794 · Avast · Avast!

Published 2016-04-08 · Updated 2016-04-18 · CVE-2016-3986

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Avast (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.

Recommendations 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-2016-3986

Affected Products

Avast!

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39530 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3986 · Security Note
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668 · Note