Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-6846

Title: Avast Avast Antivirus RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-6846.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Jul 02, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.69%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-6846: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in avast! Linux Home Edition 1.0.5, 1.0.5-1, and 1.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a malformed (1) ISO or (2) RPM file.

Impacted Vendors

alwil 1

avast 1

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/52016 http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08013.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499080/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32747 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3460 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47251 http://osvdb.org/52016 http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08013.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499080/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32747 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3460 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47251

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-6846 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 02, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.