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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 11.1.2…
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Avast | Avast Free Antivirus | through 11.1.2245 |
| Avast | Avast Internet Security | through 11.1.2245 |
| Avast | Avast Premier | through 11.1.2245 |
| Avast | Avast Pro Antivirus | through 11.1.2245 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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/
- 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/