CVE-2016-3986

moderate-risk
Published 2016-04-12

Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.

Do I need to act?

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3.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
39530
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Avast

References (6)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Co...
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Co...
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 14/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal