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 May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.38%

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

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

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 12, 2016 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.