Medium severity · published Oct 4, 2024
CVE-2024-9482
Out of Bounds write on scan of malformed Mach-O file may crash the application
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 Mach-O file to crash the application during file processing.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Antivirus · AVG/Avast
24/Sep/2024 before < 24092400 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9482
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9482
Not Applicable
https://support.norton.com/sp/static/external/tools/security-advisories.html
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