Avast antivirus stack overflow when scanning a malformed PDF file
Stack overflow vulnerability due to uncontrolled recursion in Avast Antivirus when scanning a malformed PDF file may allow Denial-of-Service of the antivirus process.
This issue affects Avast Antivirus, AVG Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, Avast One, and Avast Business Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for virus definition builds before VPS 25021208.
The affected scanning logic is delivered through a shared Gen Digital virus definition update stream. The same stream feeds the consumer antivirus products listed in this advisory and other Gen Digital products that embed the same engine. Mitigation flows through this update channel; installations at or above the listed build are not vulnerable regardless of which product consumes the stream.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-674 | CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Version: 3.1
Base score: 5.5
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impacts
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| CAPEC-125 | CAPEC-125 Denial of Service |
Description: CAPEC-125 Denial of Service