CVE-2009-4049 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2009-4049

Heap-based buffer overflow in aswRdr.sys (aka the TDI RDR driver)...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in aswRdr.sys (aka the TDI RDR driver) in avast! Home and Professional 4.8.1356.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via crafted arguments to IOCTL 0x80002024.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

avast antivirus home, avast antivirus professional
Vulnerable Versions:
4.8.1356.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 23rd, 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.