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Status published
Critical
CVE-2007-2846
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SIS unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus...
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SIS unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIS archive, resulting from an "integer cast around."
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34501
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24155
- http://www.avast.com/eng/adnm-management-client-revision-history.html
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118007660813710&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/125868
- http://osvdb.org/36522
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469585/100/0/threaded
- http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.009%5D%20-%20Avast%21%20Antivirus%20SIS%20parsing%20Arbitrary%20Code%20Execution%20Advisory.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1935
Affected Vendor
avas\!t
View all reports →Affected Software
avast\! antivirus
Vulnerable Versions:
4.6.394, 0
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 24th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.