PT-2024-39657 · Avast · Avg/Avast Antivirus

CVE-2024-9481

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Published

2024-10-04

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Updated

2024-11-08

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV: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 eml file. This can cause the application to crash during file processing.
Recommendations For versions prior to signature 24092400, update the signature to version 24092400 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the processing of eml files until the update is applied.

Fix

Memory Corruption

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9481

Affected Products

Avg/Avast Antivirus