Known Vulnerabilities for Avast Antivirus by Avast

Listed below are 6 of the newest known vulnerabilities associated with "Avast Antivirus" by "Avast".

These CVEs are retrieved based on exact matches on listed software, hardware, and vendor information (CPE data) as well as a keyword search to ensure the newest vulnerabilities with no officially listed software information are still displayed.

Data on known vulnerable versions is also displayed based on information from known CPEs

Known Vulnerabilities

CVE Shortened Description Severity Publish Date Last Modified
CVE-2015-5662 Directory traversal vulnerability in Avast before 150918-0 allows remote attackers to delete or write to arbitrary files via ... 6.4 - MEDIUM 2015-10-18 2016-12-08
CVE-2008-6846 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in avast! Linux Home Edition 1.0.5, 1.0.5-1, and 1.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause ... 6.8 - MEDIUM 2009-07-02 2018-10-11
CVE-2008-5523 avast! antivirus 4.8.1281.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in... 9.3 - HIGH 2008-12-12 2018-10-11
CVE-2007-2845 Heap-based buffer overflow in the CAB unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote... 9.3 - HIGH 2007-05-24 2018-10-16
CVE-2007-1673 unzoo.c, as used in multiple products including AMaViS 2.4.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic... 7.8 - HIGH 2007-05-09 2018-10-16
CVE-2007-1672 avast! antivirus before 4.7.981 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a... 7.8 - HIGH 2007-05-09 2018-10-16
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