CVE-2025-7005

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-13. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in Avast Antivirus when scanning a malformed Windows PE file may allow Denial-of-Service of the antivirus process.

This issue affects Avast Antivirus, AVG Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, Avast One, and Avast Business Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for virus definition builds before VPS 25031700.

The affected scanning logic is delivered through a shared Gen Digital virus definition update stream. The same stream feeds the consumer antivirus products listed in this advisory and other Gen Digital products that embed the same engine. Mitigation flows through this update channel; installations at or above the listed build are not vulnerable regardless of which product consumes the stream.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EPSS
1.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 12, 2026

Last Modified

June 15, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available.
generic Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-7005(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 85× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 02:51 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-06 01:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 01:47 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 01:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-04 01:25 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-04 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-03 01:11 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-03 01:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-02 01:05 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-02 01:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-01 00:55 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-01 00:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-30 00:50 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-30 00:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-29 00:46 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-06-29 00:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-28 00:41 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-06-28 00:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-27 00:35 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-06-27 00:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-06-26 00:28 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-06-26 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-25 00:16 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-06-25 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-24 00:02 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-24 00:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-22 23:57 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-22 23:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-21 23:42 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-06-21 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-20 23:03 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-06-20 23:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-06-19 22:54 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-06-19 22:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-06-18 22:47 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-06-18 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-17 22:43 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-06-17 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-16 22:39 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-06-16 22:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-06-15 22:34 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-06-15 22:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-06-15 17:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-14 23:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-06-14 22:29 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-06-14 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-13 22:24 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-06-13 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-06-12 22:19 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-06-12 22:17 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-7005?
CVE-2025-7005 is a medium vulnerability published on June 12, 2026. Uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in Avast Antivirus when scanning a malformed Windows PE file may allow Denial-of-Service of the antivirus process. This issue affects Avast Antivirus, AVG Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, Avast One, and Avast Business Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for virus…
When was CVE-2025-7005 disclosed?
CVE-2025-7005 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 12, 2026, with the most recent update on June 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-7005 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-7005 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-7005?
CVE-2025-7005 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-7005?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-7005, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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