Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-3522
CVE-2009-3522
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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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_antivirus_professional:4.8.1351:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_antivirus_professional:4.8.1351:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <4.8.1356
- Range: <4.8.1356
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36507nvdExploit
- www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Advisory/Avast_aswMon2.sys_kernel_memory_corruption_and_Local_Privilege_Escalation.phpnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/36858nvdVendor Advisory
- www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-revision-history.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2761nvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/58402nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506681/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53456nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6226nvd
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