Vulnerabilities > Avast > Avast Antivirus > Critical
DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
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2008-12-12 | CVE-2008-5523 | Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus 4.8.1281.0 avast! antivirus 4.8.1281.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an HTML document by placing an MZ header (aka "EXE info") at the beginning, and modifying the filename to have (1) no extension, (2) a .txt extension, or (3) a .jpg extension, as demonstrated by a document containing a CVE-2006-5745 exploit. | 9.3 |
2007-05-24 | CVE-2007-2845 | Remote Heap Overflow vulnerability in Avast! Managed Client CAB File Handling 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". | 9.3 |