CVE-2007-2845 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CAB unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CAB archive, resulting from an "integer cast around".

Published: 2007-05-24

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 18.3% Moderate

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_antivirus::::::::
	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

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.18333.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118000321419384&w=2
http://osvdb.org/36523
http://secunia.com/advisories/25380
http://www.avast.com/eng/adnm-management-client-revision-history.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469469/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24132
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1935
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34477

History

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Subscriptions

Avast Avast Antivirus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-24T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:57:53.393Z

Reserved: 2007-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2845

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-24T18:30:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-2845

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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