What is CVE-2023-1587?

CVE-2023-1587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avast Antivirus, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2023-04-19.

How severe is CVE-2023-1587?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Avast Antivirus

CVE-2023-1587

Avast and AVG Antivirus for Windows were susceptible to a NULL pointer dereference issue via RPC-interface. The issue was fixed with Avast and AVG Antivirus version 22.11

EPSS: 0.002 (11.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Avast Antivirus
Avast Antivirus — versions 22.5
Avg Anti-virus
Avg Antivirus — versions 22.5
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

security@nortonlifelock.com (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1587?: CVE-2023-1587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avast Antivirus, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2023-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-1587?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.