CVE-2025-7018 (GCVE-0-2025-7018)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-12 22:13
Modified
2026-06-15 16:01
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary
Null pointer dereference vulnerability in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed Windows PE file may allow Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process. This issue affects Avira Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for engine builds before 8.3.70.64.
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Gen Digital Avira Antivirus Version: 0   < 8.3.70.64
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