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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2009-3522 Detail

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in aswMon2.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows 4.8.1351, and possibly other versions before 4.8.1356, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted IOCTL request to IOCTL 0xb2c80018.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/58402 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36858 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-revision-history.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506681/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36507 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022940 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2761 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53456 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6226 CVE, MITRE
https://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Advisory/Avast_aswMon2.sys_kernel_memory_corruption_and_Local_Privilege_Escalation.php CVE, MITRE Exploit 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3522
NVD Published Date:
10/01/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE