CVE-2015-8620

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Avast virtualization driver (aswSnx.sys) in Avast Internet Security, Pro Antivirus, Premier, and Free Antivirus before 11.1.2253 allows local users to gain privileges via a Unicode file path in an IOCTL request.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2016-04-13

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Avast Free Antivirus (Avast)
• Avast Internet Security (Avast)
• Avast Premier (Avast)
• Avast Pro Antivirus (Avast)

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093
• https://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/