---
id: CVE-2025-7007
title: >-
  NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast
  Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the
  antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus:
  3.0.3.
summary: >-
  NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast
  Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the
  antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus:
  3.0.3.
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-476
published: '2025-12-01'
updated: '2026-09-26'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-26T00:10:00.127'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7007'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/'
    label: security@nortonlifelock.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0011
epssPercentile: 0.01154
ingestedAt: '2026-09-26T00:22:39.986Z'
---

## Overview

NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus: 3.0.3.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.