๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-7008

HIGH 7.8

Avast antivirus heap buffer OOB read when scanning a malformed PE file

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Heap buffer out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Avast Antivirus when scanning a malformed Windows PE file with .NET metadata may allow Local Execution of Code or Denial-of-Service of the antivirus process. This issue affects Avast Antivirus, AVG Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, Avast One, and Avast Business Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for virus definition builds before VPS 25021310. The affected scanning logic is delivered through a shared Gen Digital virus definition update stream. The same stream feeds the consumer antivirus products listed in this advisory and other Gen Digital products that embed the same engine. Mitigation flows through this update channel; installations at or above the listed build are not vulnerable regardless of which product consumes the stream.

CWE CWE-125
Vendor gen digital
Product avast antivirus
Published Jun 12, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Gen Digital / Avast Antivirus
0 < 25021310
Gen Digital / AVG Antivirus
0 < 25021310
Gen Digital / Norton Antivirus
0 < 25021310
Gen Digital / Avast One
0 < 25021310
Gen Digital / Avast Business Antivirus
0 < 25021310

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
gendigital.com: https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

Credits

๐Ÿ” Mike Zhang, an independent security researcher