CVE-2016-3986

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-4995

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H