CVE-2005-1770

Exp

Buffer overflow in the Aavmker4 device driver in Avast! Antivirus 4.6 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain signals combined with crafted input.

Published: 2005-05-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1770 is rated High Exploit Risk (61/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.68%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1770

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1770

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.68% +0.62%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1770

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1770

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1770

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alwil avast_antivirus 4.0.168 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.168:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.0.172 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.172:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.0.183 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.183:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.0.202 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.202:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.0.211 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.211:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.0.229 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.229:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.0.235 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0.235:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.260 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.260:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.268 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.268:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.278 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.278:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.287 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.287:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.289 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.289:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.304 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.304:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.319 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.319:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.335 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.335:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.342 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.342:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.357 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.357:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.389 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.389:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.396 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.396:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.412 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.412:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.418 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.418:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.1.501 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.1.501:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.5.518 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.5.518:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.5.549 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.5.549:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.5.561 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.5.561:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.603 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.603:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.623 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.623:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1770

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