CVE-2025-7018

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.

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 engine builds before 8.3.70.64.

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-2025-7018(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 / 89× 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 00:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 00:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-05 19:34 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-05 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-04 21:39 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-04 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-03 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-03 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-03 02:00 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-03 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-02 04:10 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-02 04:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-01 06:20 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-01 06:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-30 08:31 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-30 08:31 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 10:40 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-06-29 10:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-28 12:46 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-06-28 12:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-27 14:57 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-06-27 14:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-26 17:08 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-06-26 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-25 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-06-25 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-24 21:28 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-24 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-23 23:39 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-23 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-23 01:44 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-06-23 01:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-22 03:50 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-06-22 03:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-06-21 03:54 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-06-21 03:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-20 05:59 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-06-20 05:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-19 07:41 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-06-19 07:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-18 09:36 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-06-18 09:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-17 11:35 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-06-17 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-16 13:45 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-06-16 13:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-06-15 17:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-06-15 15:55 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-06-15 15:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-06-14 23:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-14 18:06 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-06-14 18:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-06-13 20:13 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-06-13 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-06-12 22:18 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-06-12 22:17 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-7018?
CVE-2025-7018 is a medium vulnerability published on June 12, 2026. 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 engine builds before 8.3.70.64.
When was CVE-2025-7018 disclosed?
CVE-2025-7018 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-2025-7018 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-7018 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-2025-7018?
CVE-2025-7018 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-7018?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-7018, 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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