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Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-07-02 | Published 2026-06-12 | Updated 2026-06-15 | Assigner GEN




HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Product status

Default status
affected

Any version before 8.3.70.56
affected

Credits

Mike Zhang, an independent security researcher reporter

References

www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

cve.org (CVE-2025-7017)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-7017)

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