CVE-2007-2845

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CAB unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CAB archive, resulting from an "integer cast around".

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 15.97% Top 10%

Third-Party Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118000321419384&w=2	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34477	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469469/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/25380	third party advisory
http://www.avast.com/eng/adnm-management-client-revision-history.html
http://osvdb.org/36523	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018108	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24132	vdb entry patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1935	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2845?: CVE-2007-2845 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2845?: To fix CVE-2007-2845, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2845 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-2845 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~16% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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