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CVE-2010-0705

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2010-02-25 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Aavmker4.sys in avast! 4.8 through 4.8.1368.0 and 5.0 before 5.0.418.0 running on Windows 2000 and XP does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code to gain privileges via IOCTL requests using crafted kernel addresses that trigger memory corruption.

Affected Platforms

Avast Avast Antivirus HomeMicrosoft Windows 2000Avast Avast Antivirus ProfessionalMicrosoft Windows Xp

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References