CVE-2024-9483

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

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

Products

AVG/Avast Antivirus

  • <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024

Source

security@nortonlifelock.com

Tags

CVE-2024-9483 details

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

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 Score

1 2 3 4 5.1 6 7 8 9 10

Weakness

Weakness Name Description
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.

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

5.1

Exploitability Score

1.4

Impact Score

3.6

Base Severity

MEDIUM

References

URL Source
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html security@nortonlifelock.com
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