{"id":"CVE-2025-14098","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-14098","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:46:22.698Z","title":"Heap buffer out-of-bounds write vulnerability due to integer overflow in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed MS-DOS executable file may allow Local Execution of Code or Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process.","description":"Heap buffer out-of-bounds write vulnerability due to integer overflow in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed MS-DOS executable file may allow Local Execution of Code or Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process.\n\nThis issue affects Avira Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for engine builds before 8.3.70.104.","published":"2026-06-12T23:16:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-23T09:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@nortonlifelock.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-190","CWE-787"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00122,"percentile":0.01943,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/","source":"security@nortonlifelock.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14098","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}