CVE-2025-7018

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.

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(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-2025-7018(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 15× in last 7d / 62× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 113 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-31 04:37 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-31 04:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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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 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-2025-7018?
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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