CVE-2026-6676

Summary

Heap buffer out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed POSIX tar archive may allow Local Execution of Code or Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process.

This issue affects Avira Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for engine builds before 8.3.27.12.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Gen DigitalAvira Antivirus0 < 8.3.27.12affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-787: CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References