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CVE-2024-9483

Uninitialized variable in digital signiture verification may crash the application

Published: Oct 4, 2024Updated: Nov 8, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-476
NVD MITRE
5.1CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 96.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A null-pointer-dereference in the signature verification module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS may allow a malformed xar file to crash the application during processing.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

AntivirusAVG/Avast
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
antivirusavast
Security Product
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
antivirusavg
Mixed
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
avg/avastcommercialSecurity Productsaka avg, avast
avastcommercialCZSecurity Productsaka avast antivirus, avast free antivirus
avgcommercialSecurity Productsaka avg anti-virus, antivirus, anti-virus, avg antivirus

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

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

Timeline

Published
Oct 4, 2024
Last Updated
Nov 8, 2024

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