CVE-2025-7007 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-7007

Null pointer dereference in Avast Antivirus on macOS (16.0.0) or Linux (3.0.3)

Vulnerability Description

NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus: 3.0.3.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Antivirus, Anitvirus
Vulnerable Versions:
16.0.0, 3.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: December 1st, 2025
Last Modified: December 1st, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation
Impact
T1489 Service Stop
Impact
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access