Buffer overflow in Avast Avast_antivirus_home
CVE-2009-4049
Heap-based buffer overflow in aswRdr.sys (aka the TDI RDR driver) in avast! Home and Professional 4.8.1356.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via crafted arguments to IOCTL 0x8…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.011 (61.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Avast Avast_antivirus_home — versions 4.8.1356.0
- Avast Avast_antivirus_professional — versions 4.8.1356.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-4049?
- CVE-2009-4049 is a vulnerability in Avast Avast_antivirus_home, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2009-11-23.
- Is CVE-2009-4049 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.