CVE-2015-8620 | BDVDB-2026-75198 Detail

Description#

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Avast virtualization driver (aswSnx.sys) in Avast Internet Security, Pro Antivirus, Premier, and Free Antivirus before 11.1.2253 allows local users to gain privileges via a Unicode file path in an IOCTL request.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94
https://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-04-13Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.