#VU26538 Buffer overflow in Avast Antivirus - CVE-2020-10860

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#VU26538 Buffer overflow in Avast Antivirus - CVE-2020-10860

Published: April 2, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26538
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10860
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Avast Antivirus
Software vendor:
Avast Software s.r.o.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the aswAvLog Log Library. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.



Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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