HIGH
avast! antivirus before 4.7.981 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file
Published May 9, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.18%
Description
avast! antivirus before 4.7.981 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.7.980
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.18% 0.03178
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03178
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.18% (0.03178) | 87.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.18% (0.03178) | 86.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.53% (0.01527) | 80.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.44% (0.06441) | 93.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 5.08% (0.05082) | 92.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2024 | 4.11% (0.04108) | 92.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 12, 2024 | 4.79% (0.04787) | 92.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 3.82% (0.03821) | 91.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 26, 2023 | 4.09% (0.04094) | 91.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2023 | 4.12% (0.04118) | 90.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.82% (0.03819) | 90.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://osvdb.org/35794 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25137 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2680 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467646/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23823 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1701 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34080 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/35794 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25137 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2680 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467646/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23823 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1701 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34080 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 9, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 24, 2007
Link CVE-2007-1672
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a