7.8

CVE-2007-4577: sophos anti-virus Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
Published 28-08-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-4577 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in sophos anti-virus. EPSS estimates a 5.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.53%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-08-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed BZip file that results in the creation of multiple Engine temporary files (aka a "BZip bomb").

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.53% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.53%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Sophos3 products
  • anti-virus3.4.6 | 3.78 | 3.78d | 3.79 | 3.80 | 3.81 | 3.82 | 3.83 | 3.84 | 3.85 | 3.86 | 3.90 | 3.91 | 3.95 | 3.96.0 | 4.03 | 4.04 | 4.05 | 4.5.3 | 4.5.4 | 4.5.11 | 4.5.12 | 4.7.1 | 4.7.2 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.4 | 5.0.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2.1 | 6.5
  • scanning_engine2.30.4 | 2.40.2
  • small_business_suite4.04 | 4.05

1 vendor · 3 products

References

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