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Status published
Medium
CVE-2024-9483
Uninitialized variable in digital signiture verification may crash the application
Vulnerability Description
A null-pointer-dereference in the signature verification module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS may allow a malformed xar file to crash the application during processing.
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
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Mike Zhang, an independent security researcher
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
24/Sep/2024
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 4th, 2024
Last Modified:
October 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H