CVE-2024-9483

Oct. 4, 2024, 1:50 p.m.

5.1
Medium

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
AVG/Avast Antivirus
  • ['<24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

References

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

Tags

CWE-476
security@nortonlifelock.com
2024-10-04
CVE-2024-9483

CVSS Score

5.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

    View Vector String

Timeline

Published: Oct. 4, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 4, 2024, 1:50 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.

More info

Source

security@nortonlifelock.com

*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.