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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-10402 · published 27 July 2017

CVE-2016-10402: Avira antivirus memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Avira · Antivirus

Avira Antivirus engine versions before 8.3.36.60 allow remote code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM via a section header with a very large relative virtual address in a PE file, causing an integer overflow and heap-based buffer underflow.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 10% · top 4.5% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 9.3
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Avira Antivirus engine versions before 8.3.36.60 allow remote code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM via a section header with a very large relative virtual address in a PE file, causing an integer overflow and heap-based buffer underflow.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84841 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=765 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84841 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=765 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-10402), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.