CVE-2015-8620

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.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 41th percentile

Published

2016-04-13

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2015-8617
• CVE-2015-8634
• CVE-2015-8612
• CVE-2015-8635
• CVE-2015-8608
• CVE-2015-8636