PT-2024-39658 · Avast · Avg/Avast Antivirus

Published 2024-10-04 · Updated 2024-11-08 · CVE-2024-9482

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AVG/Avast Antivirus versions prior to signature 24092400

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds write in the engine module of AVG/Avast Antivirus, which can be triggered by a malformed Mach-O file. This can cause the application to crash during file processing.

Recommendations For versions prior to signature 24092400, update the antivirus signature to a version equal to or later than 24092400 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the processing of Mach-O files until the update is applied.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9482

Affected Products

Avg/Avast Antivirus

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9482 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9482 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1842227346406814111 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6979 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1842180446354092424 · Twitter Post
• https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html · Note