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CVE-2017-8773 — Quickheal Antivirus Pro security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.8

Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316, Quick Heal Total Security 10.1.0.316, and Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 10.1.0.316 are vulnerable to Out of Bounds Write on a Heap Buffer due to improper validation of dwCompressionSize of Microsoft WIM Header WIMHEADER_V1_PACKED. This vulnerability can be exploited to gain Remote Code Execution as well as Privilege Escalation.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2017-05-04
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
windows/system
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Affected products

  • quickheal / antivirus_pro
  • quickheal / internet_security
  • quickheal / total_security

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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