PT-2024-39659 · Avast · Avg/Avast Antivirus

Published 2024-10-04 · Updated 2024-11-08 · CVE-2024-9483

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 A null-pointer-dereference issue exists in the signature verification module of AVG/Avast Antivirus on MacOS. This issue may allow a malformed xar file to crash the application during processing.

Recommendations For AVG/Avast Antivirus versions prior to signature 24092400, update the signature to version 24092400 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of malformed xar files to minimize the risk of application crash.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9483

Affected Products

Avg/Avast Antivirus

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9483 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9483 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1842188368140017739 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6980 · Telegram Post
• https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1842228626911113625 · Twitter Post