Vulnerability CVE-2016-3986
Published: 2016-04-11   Modified: 2016-04-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Avast -> Avast 

 References:
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html
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