Avast Free Antivirus 19.1.2360/20.4 integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Avast Free Antivirus. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-3500. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Avast Free Antivirus. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Avast Antivirus (25.1.981.6) on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Antivirus: from 25.1.981.6 before 25.3.

The advisory is shared at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-3500 since 04/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/06/2026).

Upgrading to version 25.3.9983.922 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-200018). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CNA Base Score: 9.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Free Antivirus 25.3.9983.922

Timelineinfo

04/10/2025 🔍
04/25/2025 +15 days 🔍
04/25/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/06/2026 +287 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-3500 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-3500
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-306233
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/25/2025 07:02
Updated: 02/06/2026 20:58
Changes: 04/25/2025 07:02 (52), 12/01/2025 21:55 (1), 12/01/2025 22:13 (12), 02/06/2026 20:58 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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