Avast! Internet Security 5.0.594.0 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Avast! Internet Security 5.0.594.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-5075. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Avast! Internet Security 5.0.594.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in aswFW.sys 5.0.594.0 in Avast! Internet Security 5.0 Korean Trial allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and panic) via a crafted IOCTL_ASWFW_COMM_PIDINFO_RESULTS DeviceIoControl request to \\.\aswFW.

The weakness was presented 12/27/2014 by x90c (Website). The advisory is available at web.archive.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-5075 since 12/09/2011. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in C++. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (14533) and SecurityFocus (BID 42148†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/03/2010 🔍
12/09/2011 +493 days 🔍
12/27/2014 +1114 days 🔍
12/27/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +90 days 🔍
12/30/2025 +3931 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: web.archive.org
Researcher: x90c
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-5075 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-5075
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73418
SecurityFocus: 42148 - Avast! Internet Security 'aswFW.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 12/30/2025 07:22
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (53), 03/28/2019 09:02 (1), 12/30/2025 07:22 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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