CVE-2025-7005

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM 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
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 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(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
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 11× in last 7d / 59× 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. 2026-07-28 02:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-26 20:28 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-26 20:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-23 03:02 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-16 23:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-15 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-14 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-13 09:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-13 06:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-12 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-11 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-10 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-09 03:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-08 03:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-07 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-06 01:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-05 01:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-04 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-03 01:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-02 01:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-01 00:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-30 00:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-29 00:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-28 00:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-27 00:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-06-26 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-06-25 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-24 00:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-22 23:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-06-21 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-20 23:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-06-19 22:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-06-18 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-06-17 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-06-16 22:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-06-15 22:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-06-15 17:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-06-14 23:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-06-14 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-06-13 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-06-12 22:19 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-06-12 22:17 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

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 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.5% of all scored CVEs.
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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