CVE-2005-1770 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Aavmker4 device driver of Avast! Antivirus 4.6 and potentially other versions. This flaw allows local users to trigger a denial of service, leading to a system crash, and potentially execute arbitrary code through specially crafted input combined with certain signals. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.168CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.168:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.172CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.172:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.183CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.183:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.202CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.202:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.211CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.211:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.