Alwil develops Avast Antivirus, a widely deployed consumer endpoint-protection product whose vulnerability footprint, though modest in volume, reflects its prominence in the desktop security landscape. The recurring weakness classes center on memory-buffer handling and broadly categorized implementation flaws characteristic of native-code security tools that operate at the kernel and driver level. Live severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Alwil over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (13 CVEs).
13 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2012-1459MEDIUM The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-Virus 10 | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 71 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-1457MEDIUM The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Quick Heal (aka | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 70 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-1443MEDIUM The RAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, G Data AntiVirus 21, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protectio | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 69 | NO | NO |
CVE-2006-2869HIGH Unspecified vulnerability in the CHM unpacker in avast! before 4.7.844 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors. | Jun 6, 2006 | 10.0 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-2385HIGH Buffer overflow in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast! Antivirus Home/Professional Edition 4.6.665 and Server Edition 4.6.460, allows remote attacker | Jul 27, 2005 | 7.5 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2006-4626HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in alwil avast! Anti-virus Engine before 4.7.869 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted LHA file that contains extended headers | Sep 7, 2006 | 7.5 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-1770HIGH Buffer overflow in the Aavmker4 device driver in Avast! Antivirus 4.6 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly execut | May 31, 2005 | 7.2 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-1719HIGH Unknown vulnerability in ALWIL avast! antivirus 4 (4.6.6230) and earlier, when running on Windows NT 4.0, does not properly detect certain viruses. | May 24, 2005 | 7.5 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2006-1355HIGH avast! Antivirus 4.6.763 and earlier sets "BUILTIN\Everyone" permissions to critical system files in the installation folder, which allows local users to gain privileges or disable | Mar 22, 2006 | 7.2 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-2384MEDIUM Directory traversal vulnerability in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast! Antivirus Home/Professional Edition 4.6.665 and Server Edition 4.6.460, allo | Jul 27, 2005 | 5.0 | 16 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (13 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Alwil.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Alwil — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.