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CVE-2009-3522

Published: Oct 1, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 43.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in aswMon2.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows 4.8.1351, and possibly other versions before 4.8.1356, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted IOCTL request to IOCTL 0xb2c80018.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
avast antivirus homeavast
On-premSecurity Product
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
avast antivirus professionalavast
On-premSecurity Product
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
avastcommercialCZSecurity Productsaka avast antivirus, avast free antivirus

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36507
securityfocus.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022940
securitytracker.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506681/100/0/threaded
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Timeline

Published
Oct 1, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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