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ghsa-m5gg-2gxj-3qqx

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-12-08 00:30

Modified

2022-12-12 18:30

Severity ?

10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

The aswjsflt.dll library from Avast Antivirus windows contained a potentially exploitable heap corruption vulnerability that could enable an attacker to bypass the sandbox of the application it was loaded into, if applicable. This issue was fixed in version 18.0.1478 of the Script Shield Component.

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CVE-2022-4291 (GCVE-0-2022-4291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-12-07 23:45

Modified

2025-04-14 17:57

Severity ?

7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CWE

CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Summary

The aswjsflt.dll library from Avast Antivirus windows contained a potentially exploitable heap corruption vulnerability that could enable an attacker to bypass the sandbox of the application it was loaded into, if applicable. This issue was fixed in version 18.0.1478 of the Script Shield Component.

References

URL

Tags

https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	NortonLifelock	Avast Antivirus	Version: 0 <

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