CVE-2005-1770

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Aavmker4 device driver in Avast! Antivirus 4.6 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain signals combined with crafted input.

Affected products

Alwil Avast Antivirus: 4.0.168, 4.0.172, 4.0.183, 4.0.202, 4.0.211, 4.0.229 (+21)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111712494620031&w=2
http://pb.specialised.info/all/adv/avast-adv.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111712494620031&w=2
http://pb.specialised.info/all/adv/avast-adv.txt

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