CVE-2016-3986

HIGH

Avast - Memory Corruption/Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0338
EPSS Percentile 87.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
avast/avast
Published Apr 12, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026