CVE-2025-7017 (GCVE-0-2025-7017)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-12 22:13
Modified
2026-06-15 16:02
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
Heap buffer out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed Windows MSI file may allow Local Execution of Code or Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process. This issue affects Avira Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for engine builds before 8.3.70.56.
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Gen Digital Avira Antivirus Version: 0   < 8.3.70.56
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