What is CVE-2016-10402?

CVE-2016-10402 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avira Antivirus, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-10402?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Avira Antivirus

CVE-2016-10402

Avira Antivirus engine versions before 8.3.36.60 allow remote code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM via a section header with a very large relative virtual address in a PE file, causing an integer overflow and heap-based buffer underflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.102 (95.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Avira Antivirus
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10402?: CVE-2016-10402 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avira Antivirus, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-10402?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.