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Avast vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

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The short answer

Avast is made by Avast. We track 2 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 0 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Avast lists newer releases under their own names, such as Avast Antivirus Professional, so check those pages too.

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Other names

Is Avast listed under other names? Yes.

Avast also lists Avast under more specific names, such as Avast Antivirus Professional and Avast Antivirus Home. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Known exploited

Which Avast vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Avast's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Avast flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 7.9%
    CVE-2016-3986High

    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.

    CVSS7.8Published12 Apr 2016
  2. 0.7%
    CVE-2022-4173High

    A vulnerability within the malware removal functionality of Avast and AVG Antivirus allowed an attacker with write access to the filesystem, to escalate his privileges in certain scenarios.

    CVSS8.8Published6 Dec 2022
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We track 2 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Avast, across 0 versions.

None of Avast's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

Avast also lists Avast under more specific names, such as Avast Antivirus Professional and Avast Antivirus Home. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Avast. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.

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