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AVG Anti-Virus UPX Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is installed with AVG AntiVirus, which is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is caused to a divide by zero error in file parsing engine while handling UPX compressed executables.

Affected Software

Affected Software

AVG Anti-Virus prior to 8.0.156 on Windows (All).

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to latest AVG Anti-Virus 8.0.156 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)