CVE 9 CRITICAL

Scanning a malformed file in Avast Antivirus 8.3.70.94 on MacOS may result in remote code execution_CVE-2025-8351

9 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow, Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS when scanning a malformed file may allow Local Execution of Code or Denial-of-Service of the anitvirus engine process.This issue affects Antivirus: from 8.3.70.94 before 8.3.70.98.

AI Analysis

Heap-based Buffer Overflow and Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-8351
Source NLOK
Published Dec 1, 2025 at 15:51
Modified Dec 1, 2025 at 15:59

Affected Product

Vendor Avast
Product Antivirus
Version 8.3.70.94
Affected Versions Avast Antivirus 8.3.70.94

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 9 / 10
AI Severity Critical
Vendor Avast
Product Avast Antivirus
Version 8.3.70.94

References

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