CVE-2024-9483
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Oct 4, 2024
Updated: Nov 8, 2024
CWE ID 476
Summary
CVE-2024-9483 is a vulnerability affecting the AVG/Avast Antivirus signature verification module on MacOS. This issue involves a null-pointer dereference, which can be triggered by a malformed xar file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in the application crashing during processing. An attacker may use this vulnerability to disrupt the antivirus software, potentially allowing malicious software to bypass detection. Users are encouraged to update their antivirus signatures to the latest version to mitigate this risk.
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Affected Products
- AVG Antivirus
- Avast Antivirus
Affected Vendors
- AVG Technologies N.V.
- Avast