TI-2025-06374 Aliases CVE-2025-7007 GHSA-xx8q-m9qm-7fm9

Null pointer dereference in Avast Antivirus on macOS (16.0.0) or Linux (3.0.3)

LOW 34CWE-476Published 2025-12-01 · Updated 2025-12-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00118 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Avast	Antivirus	16.0.0	—	No fix listed	CNA
Avast	Anitvirus	3.0.3	—	No fix listed	CNA

Antivirus VendorAvast Affected 16.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Anitvirus VendorAvast Affected 3.0.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-7007
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xx8q-m9qm-7fm9

References

Other 1

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

TI-2025-43447 AVAST Antivirus 25.11 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2020-19172 AVAST SecureLine 5.5.522.0 - 'SecureLine' Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2010-02987 Untrusted search path vulnerability in avast! Free Antivirus version 5.0.594 and earlier… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2007-02752 Heap-based buffer overflow in the CAB unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2020-14724 An issue was discovered in retdec v3.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-08753 An issue was discovered in Avast Antivirus before 20. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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