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TI-2025-06377 Aliases CVE-2025-7010GHSA-vf74-69rc-vmq4

Avast antivirus stack overflow when scanning a malformed PDF file

Priority LOW 24CWE-674Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

Stack overflow vulnerability due to uncontrolled recursion in Avast Antivirus when scanning a malformed PDF file may allow Denial-of-Service of the antivirus process. This issue affects Avast Antivirus, AVG Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, Avast One, and Avast Business Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for virus definition builds before VPS 25021208. The affected scanning logic is delivered through a shared Gen Digital virus definition update stream. The same stream feeds the consumer antivirus products listed in this advisory and other Gen Digital products that embed the same engine. Mitigation flows through this update channel; installations at or above the listed build are not vulnerable regardless of which product consumes the stream.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00113 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Avast Antivirus (Gen Digital): 25021208AVG Antivirus (Gen Digital): 25021208+3 more products

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Gen DigitalAvast Antivirusbefore 2502120825021208Patch availableCNA
Gen DigitalAVG Antivirusbefore 2502120825021208Patch availableCNA
Gen DigitalNorton Antivirusbefore 2502120825021208Patch availableCNA
Gen DigitalAvast Onebefore 2502120825021208Patch availableCNA
Gen DigitalAvast Business Antivirusbefore 2502120825021208Patch availableCNA
  • Avast Antivirus VendorGen Digital Affected before 25021208 Fixed in 25021208 Patch available CNA
  • AVG Antivirus VendorGen Digital Affected before 25021208 Fixed in 25021208 Patch available CNA
  • Norton Antivirus VendorGen Digital Affected before 25021208 Fixed in 25021208 Patch available CNA
  • Avast One VendorGen Digital Affected before 25021208 Fixed in 25021208 Patch available CNA
  • Avast Business Antivirus VendorGen Digital Affected before 25021208 Fixed in 25021208 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Avast Antivirus (Gen Digital) Fixed in 25021208
  • Fix · CNA AVG Antivirus (Gen Digital) Fixed in 25021208
  • Fix · CNA Norton Antivirus (Gen Digital) Fixed in 25021208
  • Fix · CNA Avast One (Gen Digital) Fixed in 25021208
  • Fix · CNA Avast Business Antivirus (Gen Digital) Fixed in 25021208

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Gen Digital AVG Antivirus, Avast Antivirus and 3 more products 25021208

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-06378 Avast antivirus heap OOB when scanning a malformed zip filePriority LOW 35

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-7010
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vf74-69rc-vmq4

References

  • TI-2026-57223 Avast sandbox privilege escalation via unpreserved DACLs on virtualized files in aswSnx.sys CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-22110 Avira Internet Security Optimizer TOCTOU CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-22109 Avira Internet Security System Speedup Insecure Deserialization CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-22108 Avira Internet Security Arbitrary File Deletion via Improper Link Resolution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-06072 Use-after-free vulnerability in the Update Manager service in Avira Management Console… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2023-18488 An issue was discovered in Avira Phantom VPN through 2.23.1 for macOS. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
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