CVE-2024-9481 (GCVE-0-2024-9481)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-04 12:15 – Updated: 2024-10-07 11:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Out of Bounds write on scan of malformed eml file may crash the application
Summary
An out-of-bounds write in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed eml file to crash the application during file processing.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-04 13:54 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-10-04 12:13
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