4.3

CVE-2008-1836: clam_anti-virus clamav

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 16-04-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1836 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 3.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.55%
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. 16-04-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The rfc2231 function in message.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message that produces a string that is not null terminated, which triggers a buffer over-read.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.55% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.55%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Clam_anti-virus1 product
  • clamav0.90 | 0.90.1 | 0.90_rc1.1 | 0.90_rc2 | 0.90_rc3 | 0.90rc1 | 0.91 | 0.92

1 vendor · 1 product

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