CVE-2009-4049
N/A
Published: November 23, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAvast Antivirus HomeAvast Antivirus Professional
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in aswRdr.sys (aka the TDI RDR driver) in avast! Home and Professional 4.8.1356.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via crafted arguments to IOCTL 0x80002024.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37368x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.efblog.net/2009/11/avast-aswrdrsys-kernel-pool-corruption.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507891/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3266Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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