CVE-2025-70070

Published May 4, 2026

Last updated 2 months ago

Overview

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CVE-2025-7007 describes a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability found in Avast Antivirus. This flaw affects Avast Antivirus versions 16.0.0 on macOS and 3.0.3 on Linux. The vulnerability can be triggered when the antivirus software attempts to scan a malformed Windows PE (Portable Executable) file. Upon encountering such a specially crafted file, the antivirus process crashes due to the NULL pointer dereference.

Description
An issue in Assimp v.6.0.2 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the FBXMeshGeometry.cpp, MeshGeometry::MeshGeometry()
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-476

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