SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-7007

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus: 3.0.3.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Avast	Avast Antivirus	16.0.0, 3.0.3

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.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	avast	avast_antivirus	16.0.0	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
a	avast	avast_antivirus	3.0.3	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: HIGH
Privileges Required: LOW
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

Published: Dec. 1, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 2, 2025, 5:16 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@nortonlifelock.com

CVE-2025-7007