CVE-2007-2974

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the file parsing engine in Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted LZH archive file, resulting from an "integer cast around."

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://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-May/063624.html
http://osvdb.org/36712
http://secunia.com/advisories/25417
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2764
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018131
http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.010%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20LZH%20parsing%20Arbitrary%20Code%20Execution%20Advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469805/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34551
http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528

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