High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3986

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.

Affected products

Avast\!/Avast
cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.htmlnvdExploit
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/nvdExploit
code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detailnvd

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