What is CVE-2010-0705?

CVE-2010-0705 is a vulnerability in Avast Antivirus Home, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2010-02-25.

Is CVE-2010-0705 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Avast Antivirus Home

CVE-2010-0705

Aavmker4.sys in avast! 4.8 through 4.8.1368.0 and 5.0 before 5.0.418.0 running on Windows 2000 and XP does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code to gain privileges via IOCTL requests using crafted kernel addresses that trigger memory corruption.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2010-02-25 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (60.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-31.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Avast Antivirus Home — versions 4.8.1368.0, 4.8.1282, 4.8.1229
Avast Antivirus Professional — versions 4.8.1368.0, 4.8.1282, 4.8.1229
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Xp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

forum.avast.com/index.php (Vendor Advisory)
osvdb.org/62510 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/38677 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/38689 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509710/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/38363 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2010-003.txt
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0449 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-0705?: CVE-2010-0705 is a vulnerability in Avast Antivirus Home, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2010-02-25.
Is CVE-2010-0705 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.