CVE-2007-1997: clam_anti-virus clamav
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2007-1997 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 5.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 16-04-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract functions in libclamav/cab.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.90.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file that contains a negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.41%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 5.41% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Clam_anti-virus1 product
- clamav0.90 | 0.90.1 | 0.90.2 | 0.90_rc1.1 | 0.90_rc2 | 0.90_rc3
Debian1 product
- clamav< 0.90.2-1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
24 links- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=513Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource IDEFENSEVendor Advisory
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- docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562X Refsource CONFIRM
- support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/50a5cb718f20761dd7e0b6b4e0935c52.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
