CVE-2024-9484
An null-pointer-derefrence in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400...
An null-pointer-derefrence in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed xar file to crash the application during file processing.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An null-pointer-derefrence in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed xar file to crash the application during file processing.
- Record
CVE-2024-9484- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-49972
An null-pointer-derefrence in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed xar file to crash the application during file processing.
- Record
EUVD-2024-49972- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jjm3-8267-chq9
An null-pointer-derefrence in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400...
An null-pointer-derefrence in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed xar file to crash the application during file processing.
- Record
GHSA-jjm3-8267-chq9- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An null-pointer-derefrence in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed xar file to crash the application during file processing.
- Record
CVE-2024-9484- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-9484 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Avast Antivirus, published October 4, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.