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2 vulnerabilities found for Avast Antivirus by NortonLifelock
CVE-2022-4291 (GCVE-0-2022-4291)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-07 23:45 – Updated: 2025-04-14 17:57
VLAI?
Summary
The aswjsflt.dll library from Avast Antivirus windows contained a potentially exploitable heap corruption vulnerability that could enable an attacker to bypass the sandbox of the application it was loaded into, if applicable. This issue was fixed in version 18.0.1478 of the Script Shield Component.
Severity ?
7.7 (High)
CWE
- CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NortonLifelock | Avast Antivirus |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 18.0.1473.0
(custom)
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CVE-2022-4291 (GCVE-0-2022-4291)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-12-07 23:45 – Updated: 2025-04-14 17:57
VLAI?
Summary
The aswjsflt.dll library from Avast Antivirus windows contained a potentially exploitable heap corruption vulnerability that could enable an attacker to bypass the sandbox of the application it was loaded into, if applicable. This issue was fixed in version 18.0.1478 of the Script Shield Component.
Severity ?
7.7 (High)
CWE
- CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
References
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Affected:
0 , ≤ 18.0.1473.0
(custom)
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