Vulnerability

CVE-2025-7018

Medium· 5.5CVSS5.5EPSS0%

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Null pointer dereference vulnerability in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed Windows PE file may allow Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process. This issue affects Avira Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for eng

Threat signal

55/100

Elevated

Severity

medium

CVSS

5.5

EPSS

Active

CVSS

v3.1via NVDOpen in FIRST calculator →

5.5/ 10MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLocalRequires local access — shell, console, or local app.
Attack ComplexityLowNo special conditions — exploit works reliably.
Privileges RequiredNoneUnauthenticated — no credentials needed.
User InteractionRequiredRequires user action (click, file open, etc).
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactNoneNo confidentiality impact.
Integrity ImpactNoneNo integrity impact.
Availability ImpactHighTotal loss of availability — full DoS possible.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

0.11%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

higher than 2% of all CVEs

4-day trend↑ 0.1pp

Low exploitation likelihood — defer if no other signals fire.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2025-7018. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCDefer

No exploitation, limited impact or prevalence

exploitation: none
automatable: no
impact: partial
mission: support

Lifecycle

2026-06-12Published
2026-06-15Last modified1 source

References

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

No source-event history recorded yet. New revisions will appear here as ingestors re-fetch this CVE.