Vulnerabilities > Avast > Avast Antivirus > Critical

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
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.
network
avast microsoft CWE-20
critical
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".
network
avast
critical
9.3