CVSS 3.0
7.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-3986
Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.
Severity
- EPSS
- 7.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- avast:avast
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668