CVE-2025-7007 (GCVE-0-2025-7007)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-01 16:34 – Updated: 2025-12-01 17:08
VLAI
Title
Null pointer dereference in Avast Antivirus on macOS (16.0.0) or Linux (3.0.3)
Summary
NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus: 3.0.3.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-01 17:07 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
NLOK CNA
CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Avast Antivirus Affected: 16.0.0 (custom)
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Avast Anitvirus Affected: 3.0.3
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Credits
Mike Zhang
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