What is CVE-2016-3986?

CVE-2016-3986 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avast, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-3986?

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

Buffer overflow in Avast

CVE-2016-3986

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.079 (94.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Avast
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 (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3986?: CVE-2016-3986 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avast, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-3986?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.