What is the severity of CVE-2024-9481?

CVE-2024-9481 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to crash the Avast and AVG Antivirus applications.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9481?

To fix CVE-2024-9481, users should update their Avast or AVG Antivirus software to the latest version beyond signature 24092400.

What platforms are affected by CVE-2024-9481?

CVE-2024-9481 affects Avast and AVG Antivirus for MacOS prior to version 24092400.

What kind of attack does CVE-2024-9481 enable?

CVE-2024-9481 enables an out-of-bounds write condition that can be exploited using a malformed eml file.

Who is impacted by CVE-2024-9481?

Users of Avast or AVG Antivirus on MacOS version 24092400 or earlier are impacted by CVE-2024-9481.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2024-9481

medium

5.5

CWE

787

EPSS

0.043%

4/10/2024

8/11/2024

CVE-2024-9481: Out of Bounds write on scan of malformed eml file may crash the application

First published: Fri Oct 04 2024(Updated: )

An out-of-bounds write in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed eml file to crash the application during file processing.

Credit: security@nortonlifelock.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Avast Antivirus for MacOS	<24092400
AVG Antivirus for MacOS	<24092400

Remedy

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Reference Links

https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-9481?
CVE-2024-9481 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to crash the Avast and AVG Antivirus applications.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9481?
To fix CVE-2024-9481, users should update their Avast or AVG Antivirus software to the latest version beyond signature 24092400.
What platforms are affected by CVE-2024-9481?
CVE-2024-9481 affects Avast and AVG Antivirus for MacOS prior to version 24092400.
What kind of attack does CVE-2024-9481 enable?
CVE-2024-9481 enables an out-of-bounds write condition that can be exploited using a malformed eml file.
Who is impacted by CVE-2024-9481?
Users of Avast or AVG Antivirus on MacOS version 24092400 or earlier are impacted by CVE-2024-9481.

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