CVE-2007-2972

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The file parsing engine in Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.04.00.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted UPX compressed file, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.

Affected products

AVIRA Antivir: through 7.04.00.23
AVIRA Av Pack: through 7.03.00.08

References

http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118040810718045&w=2
http://osvdb.org/36710
http://secunia.com/advisories/25417
http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.011%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20UPX%20parsing%20Divide%20by%20Zero%20Advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469880/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018132
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34556
http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118040810718045&w=2

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