CVE-2016-10402
Avira Antivirus engine versions before 8.3.36.60 allow remote code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM via a section header with a very large relative virtual address in a PE file, causing an integer overflow and heap-based buffer underflow.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Avira Antivirus engine versions before 8.3.36.60 allow remote code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM via a section header with a very large relative virtual address in a PE file, causing an integer overflow and heap-based buffer underflow.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 10.21% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- avira/antivirus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84841Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=765Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84841Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=765Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.