Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-3986

Title: Avast RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-3986

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Apr 12, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
7.88%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-3986: Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.

Impacted Vendors

A
avast 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-3986 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.