CVE-2016-3986 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.

Published: 2016-04-08

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 7.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4995	Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07881.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.16117}`	epss `{'score': 0.03378}`

Subscriptions

Avast Avast

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-08T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:46:34.421Z

Reserved: 2016-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3986

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-12T02:00:09.447

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:46:41.190

Link: CVE-2016-3986

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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