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TI-2007-01611 Aliases CVE-2007-1672GHSA-g4x2-2pr8-cq33

avast! antivirus before 4.7.981 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

Priority MEDIUM 40Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

avast! antivirus before 4.7.981 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03178 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.7.980VulnerableAvast
  • cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.7.980 Vulnerable ·Avast

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-1672
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g4x2-2pr8-cq33

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2007-02752 Heap-based buffer overflow in the CAB unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2008-05239 avast! antivirus 4.8.1281.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2007-01612 unzoo.c, as used in multiple products including AMaViS 2.4.1 and earlier, allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2008-06534 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in avast! Linux Home Edition 1.0.5, 1.0.5-1, and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2015-04773 Directory traversal vulnerability in Avast before 150918-0 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4

Sources