CVE-2025-7007

Null pointer dereference in Avast Antivirus on macOS (16.0.0) or Linux (3.0.3)

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Dec 1, 2025
Updated: Dec 1, 2025
Reserved: Jul 2, 2025

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus: 3.0.3.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	NLOK

Weaknesses

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
AntivirusAvast	16.0.0Affected
AnitvirusAvast	3.0.3Affected

References

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

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