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52 known vulnerabilities across versions
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CVE-2025-3500
>= 25.1.981.6 and < 25.3
Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Avast Antivirus (25.1.981.6) on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue aff
9.0CRITICAL
CVE-2025-13032
< 25.3
Double fetch in sandbox kernel driver in Avast/AVG Antivirus <25.3 on windows allows local attacker to escalate privelages via p
9.9CRITICAL
CVE-2024-9484
< 24092400
An null-pointer-derefrence in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows
5.1MEDIUM
CVE-2024-9483
< 24092400
A null-pointer-dereference in the signature verification module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024
5.1MEDIUM
CVE-2024-9482
< 24092400
An out-of-bounds write in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a m
5.1MEDIUM
CVE-2024-9481
< 24092400
An out-of-bounds write in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a m
5.1MEDIUM
CVE-2024-5102
< 24.2
A sym-linked file accessed via the repair function in Avast Antivirus <24.2 on Windows may allow user to elevate privilege to dele
7.0HIGH
CVE-2020-20118
< 19.7
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Avast AntiVirus before v.19.7 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted
5.5MEDIUM
CVE-2023-1587
>= 22.5 and < 22.11
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a NULL pointer dereference issue via RPC-interface. The issue was fixed wi
5.8MEDIUM
CVE-2023-1586
>= 22.5 and < 22.11
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the restore process
6.5MEDIUM
CVE-2023-1585
>= 22.5 and < 22.11
Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a Time-of-check/Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the Quarantine proc
6.5MEDIUM
CVE-2022-4294
< 22.10
Norton, Avira, Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows may be susceptible to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, which is a type of
7.1HIGH
CVE-2021-45339
< 20.4
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing"
7.8HIGH
CVE-2021-45338
< 20.4
Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allow a local user to gain elevated privileges by c
7.8HIGH
CVE-2021-45337
< 20.8
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Self-Defense driver of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.8 allows a local user with SYSTEM pri
8.8HIGH
CVE-2021-45336
< 20.4
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Sandbox component of Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local sandboxed code to gain
8.8HIGH
CVE-2021-45335
< 20.4
Sandbox component in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 has an insecure permission which could be abused by local user to control the o
8.8HIGH
CVE-2020-15024
all versions
An issue was discovered in the Login Password feature of the Password Manager component in Avast Antivirus 20.1.5069.562. An enter
5.5MEDIUM
CVE-2020-10868
< 20.0
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastS
7.5HIGH
CVE-2020-10867
< 20.0
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastS
9.8CRITICAL
CVE-2020-10866
< 20.0
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastS
7.5HIGH
CVE-2020-10865
< 20.0
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastS
7.5HIGH
CVE-2020-10864
< 20.0
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastS
6.5MEDIUM
CVE-2020-10863
< 20.0
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastS
7.5HIGH
CVE-2020-10862
< 20.0
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastS
7.8HIGH
CVE-2020-10861
< 20.0
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. The aswTask RPC endpoint for the TaskEx library in the Avast Service (AvastS
7.5HIGH
CVE-2020-10860
< 20.0
An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. An Arbitrary Memory Address Overwrite vulnerability in the aswAvLog Log Libr
7.5HIGH
CVE-2019-18653
all versions
A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue exists in Avast AntiVirus (Free, Internet Security, and Premiere Edition) 19.3.2369 build 19.3.
6.1MEDIUM
CVE-2019-17093
< 19.8
An issue was discovered in Avast antivirus before 19.8 and AVG antivirus before 19.8. A DLL Preloading vulnerability allows an att
7.8HIGH
CVE-2019-11230
< 19.4
In Avast Antivirus before 19.4, a local administrator can trick the product into renaming arbitrary files by replacing the Logs\Up
4.4MEDIUM
CVE-2017-8308
<= 12.3.2279
In Avast Antivirus before v17, an unprivileged user (and thus malware or a virus) can mark an arbitrary process as Trusted from th
7.5HIGH
CVE-2017-8307
<= 12.3.2279
In Avast Antivirus before v17, using the LPC interface API exposed by the AvastSVC.exe Windows service, it is possible to launch p
9.8CRITICAL
CVE-2015-5662
<= 151017-1
Directory traversal vulnerability in Avast before 150918-0 allows remote attackers to delete or write to arbitrary files via a cra
CVE-2012-1459
all versions
The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Ant
CVE-2012-1457
all versions
The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-V
CVE-2012-1443
all versions
The RAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, G Data AntiVirus 21, AVE
CVE-2008-6846
all versions
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in avast! Linux Home Edition 1.0.5, 1.0.5-1, and 1.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a den
CVE-2008-5523
all versions
avast! antivirus 4.8.1281.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an H
CVE-2007-2846
all versions
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SIS unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote atta
CVE-2007-2845
<= 4.6.394
Heap-based buffer overflow in the CAB unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote atta
CVE-2007-1673
<= 4.7.980
unzoo.c, as used in multiple products including AMaViS 2.4.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (in
CVE-2007-1672
<= 4.7.980
avast! antivirus before 4.7.981 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a dire
CVE-2007-0829
all versions
avast! Server Edition before 4.7.726 does not demand a password in a certain intended context, even when a password has been set,
CVE-2006-4626
<= 4.6.763
Heap-based buffer overflow in alwil avast! Anti-virus Engine before 4.7.869 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
CVE-2006-2869
all versions
Unspecified vulnerability in the CHM unpacker in avast! before 4.7.844 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
CVE-2006-1892
all versions
avast! 4 Linux Home Edition 1.0.5 allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/_av
CVE-2006-1355
<= 4.6.763
avast! Antivirus 4.6.763 and earlier sets "BUILTIN\Everyone" permissions to critical system files in the installation folder, whic
CVE-2005-3214
all versions
Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of Avast Antivirus allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a m
CVE-2005-2385
all versions
Buffer overflow in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast! Antivirus Home/Professional Edition 4.6.665
CVE-2005-2384
all versions
Directory traversal vulnerability in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast! Antivirus Home/Professiona
CVE-2005-1770
all versions
Buffer overflow in the Aavmker4 device driver in Avast! Antivirus 4.6 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a de
CVE-2005-1719
all versions
Unknown vulnerability in ALWIL avast! antivirus 4 (4.6.6230) and earlier, when running on Windows NT 4.0, does not properly detect
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