Gen Digital Avira Antivirus 8.3.27.12 on Windows MSI File out-of-bounds

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6.9$0-$5k2.31

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Gen Digital Avira Antivirus on Windows. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component MSI File Handler. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-7017. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Gen Digital Avira Antivirus on Windows. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component MSI File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap buffer out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed Windows MSI file may allow Local Execution of Code or Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process. This issue affects Avira Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for engine builds before 8.3.70.56.

The advisory is available at gendigital.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-7017 since 07/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/13/2026).

Upgrading to version 8.3.70.56 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-210131). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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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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0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Avira Antivirus 8.3.70.56

Timelineinfo

07/02/2025 CVE reserved
06/13/2026 +346 days Advisory disclosed
06/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gendigital.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-7017 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-7017
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-370802
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2026 07:19
Updated: 06/13/2026 12:53
Changes: 06/13/2026 07:19 (66), 06/13/2026 12:53 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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