CVE-2009-3522
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.009 · 61 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Stack-based buffer overflow in aswMon2.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows 4.8.1351, and possibly other versions before 4.8.1356, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted IOCTL request to IOCTL 0xb2c80018.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-10106Avast! 4.8.1351.0 AntiVirus - 'aswMon2.sys' Kernel Memory Corruptionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- avast avast antivirus professional= 4.8.1351nvdUScpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_antivirus_professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (20)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://osvdb.org/58402enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36858enisa_euvd
- http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-revision-history.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506681/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36507enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022940enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2761enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53456enisa_euvd
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