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CVE-2008-1837: clam_anti-virus clamav Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 16-04-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1837 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 4.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.76%
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

libclamunrar in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted RAR files that trigger "memory problems," as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.76% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.76%

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

Clam_anti-virus1 product
  • clamav≤ 0.92.1 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.60p | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.68.1 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.75.1 | 0.80 | 0.80_rc1 | 0.80_rc2 | 0.80_rc3 | 0.80_rc4 | 0.81 | 0.81_rc1 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.84_rc1 | 0.84_rc2 | 0.85 | 0.85.1 | 0.86 | 0.86.1 | 0.86.2 | 0.86_rc1 | 0.87 | 0.87.1 | 0.88 | 0.88.1 | 0.88.3 | 0.88.4 | 0.88.5 | 0.88.6 | 0.88.7 | 0.90 | 0.90.1 | 0.90.2 | 0.90_rc1.1 | 0.90_rc2 | 0.90_rc3 | 0.90rc1 | 0.91 | 0.91.1 | 0.91.2 | 0.91rc1 | 0.91rc2 | 0.92

1 vendor · 1 product

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