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CVE-2024-9483

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

Tags

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

CVSS Score

5.1 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

AVG/Avast Antivirus

  • <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024

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.

Weaknesses

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.

CWE ID: 476

Date

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

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
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

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

References

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