CVE-2025-9032 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2025-9032

Avira antivirus engine heap buffer OOB read when scanning a malformed PE file

7.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Heap buffer out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed Windows PE file may allow Local Execution of Code or Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process. This issue affects Avira Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for engine builds before 8.3.70.98.

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

References

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Avira Antivirus

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 12th, 2026

Last Modified: June 15th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1003 OS Credential Dumping

Credential Access

T1552 Unsecured Credentials

Credential Access