CVE-2009-3523 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-3523

aavmKer4.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows before 4.8.1356...

Vulnerability Description

aavmKer4.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows before 4.8.1356 does not properly validate input to IOCTLs (1) 0xb2d6000c and (2) 0xb2d60034, which allows local users to gain privileges via IOCTL requests using crafted kernel addresses that trigger memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1625.

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.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

avast antivirus home, avast antivirus professional
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.7.827, 4.7.844, 4.7.869, 4.7.1043, 4.7.1098, 4.8.1169, 4.8.1195, 4.8.1201, 4.8.1227, 4.8.1229, 4.8.1282, 4.8.1290, 4.8.1296, 4.8.1335

Timeline

Official Publish: October 1st, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.