CVE-2025-7018

Avira antivirus engine null pointer dereference when scanning a malformed PE file

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Jun 12, 2026
Updated: Jun 15, 2026
Reserved: Jul 2, 2025

Description

Null pointer dereference vulnerability in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed Windows PE file may allow Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process.

This issue affects Avira Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for engine builds before 8.3.70.64.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	GEN

Weaknesses

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Avira AntivirusGen Digital	before 8.3.70.64Affected

References

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

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