CVE-2016-3986

Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2016-04-12

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Avast (Avast)

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/