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Critical · 9.0 Public exploit CVE-2025-3500 EUVD-2025-200018GHSA-28rh-r6hp-jmq3

Integer Overflow in Avast Antiviurs 25.1.981.6 on Windows may result in privilege escalation

Published Dec 1, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by NLOK

Description

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Avast Antivirus (25.1.981.6) on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Antivirus: from 25.1.981.6 before 25.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Avast Antivirus 25.1.981.6 – < 25.3 25.3

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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