CVE-2025-10101

HIGH

Avast Antivirus <3.9.2025 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap buffer out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Avast Antivirus when scanning a malformed Mach-O file may allow Local Execution of Code or 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 25090300. 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.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 4.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (6)
Avast/Antivirus 15.7 - 3.9.2025
Gen Digital/Avast Antivirus < 25090300
Gen Digital/Avast Business Antivirus < 25090300
Gen Digital/Avast One < 25090300
Gen Digital/AVG Antivirus < 25090300
Gen Digital/Norton Antivirus < 25090300
Published Dec 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026