CVE-2007-2845

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CAB unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CAB archive, resulting from an "integer cast around".

Affected products

Avast Antivirus: through 4.6.394; through 4.7.652

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118000321419384&w=2
http://osvdb.org/36523
http://secunia.com/advisories/25380
http://www.avast.com/eng/adnm-management-client-revision-history.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469469/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24132
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1935
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34477
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118000321419384&w=2
http://osvdb.org/36523
http://secunia.com/advisories/25380

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