CVE-2007-1672 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

avast! antivirus before 4.7.981 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file.

Published: 2007-05-09

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-1666	avast! antivirus before 4.7.981 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01175.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/35794
http://secunia.com/advisories/25137
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2680
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467646/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23823
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1701
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34080

History

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Subscriptions

Avast Avast Antivirus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:06:25.823Z

Reserved: 2007-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1672

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-09T00:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1672

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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