CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8620
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-04-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• avast avast free antivirus (<= 11.1.2245)
• avast avast internet security (<= 11.1.2245)
• avast avast premier (<= 11.1.2245)
• avast avast pro antivirus (<= 11.1.2245)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/ Exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/ Exploit