CVE-2009-3522: Buffer Overflow
First published: Thu Oct 01 2009(Updated: )
Stack-based buffer overflow in aswMon2.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows 4.8.1351, and possibly other versions before 4.8.1356, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted IOCTL request to IOCTL 0xb2c80018.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Avast Avast Antivirus Professional | =4.8.1351 | |
| Avast Avast Antivirus Home | =4.8.1351 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-revision-history.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2761
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36858
- https://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Advisory/Avast_aswMon2.sys_kernel_memory_corruption_and_Local_Privilege_Escalation.php
- http://osvdb.org/58402
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36507
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53456
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6226
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506681/100/0/threaded
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