CVE-2007-1672

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

avast! antivirus before 4.7.981 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file.

Affected products

Avast Antivirus: through 4.7.980

References

http://osvdb.org/35794
http://secunia.com/advisories/25137
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2680
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467646/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23823
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1701
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34080
http://osvdb.org/35794
http://secunia.com/advisories/25137
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2680
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467646/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23823

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