CVE-2007-2846 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the SIS unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIS archive, resulting from an "integer cast around."

Published: 2007-05-24

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 30.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avas\!t:avast\!_antivirus:4.6.394:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:avast\!:avast\!_antivirus::::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.30707.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118007660813710&w=2
http://osvdb.org/36522
http://www.avast.com/eng/adnm-management-client-revision-history.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/125868
http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.009%5D%20-%20Avast%21%20Antivirus%20SIS%20parsing%20Arbitrary%20Code%20Execution%20Advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469585/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24155
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1935
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34501

History

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Subscriptions

Avas\!t Avast\! Antivirus

Avast\! Avast\! Antivirus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-24T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:57:53.375Z

Reserved: 2007-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2846

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-24T18:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-2846

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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