9.3

CVE-2008-5050: clam_anti-virus clamav

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5050
Published 13-11-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5050 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 8.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-1680-1

Timeline

  1. 13-11-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Off-by-one error in the get_unicode_name function (libclamav/vba_extract.c) in Clam Anti-Virus (ClamAV) before 0.94.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VBA project file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.26% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
8.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (lists.grok.org.uk)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Clam_anti-virus1 product
  • clamav≤ 0.94 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14:pre | 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:rc | 0.80:rc2 | 0.80:rc3 | 0.80:rc4 | 0.80_rc1 | 0.80_rc2 | 0.80_rc3 | 0.80_rc4 | 0.81 | 0.81:rc1 | 0.81_rc1 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.84:rc1 | 0.84:rc2 | 0.84_rc1 | 0.84_rc2 | 0.85 | 0.85.1 | 0.86 | 0.86:rc1 | 0.86.1 | 0.86.2 | 0.86_rc1 | 0.87 | 0.87.1 | 0.88 | 0.88.1 | 0.88.2 | 0.88.3 | 0.88.4 | 0.88.5 | 0.88.6 | 0.88.7 | 0.88.7:p0 | 0.88.7:p1 | 0.90 | 0.90.1 | 0.90.1:p0 | 0.90.2 | 0.90.2:p0 | 0.90.3 | 0.90.3:p0 | 0.90.3:p1 | 0.90_rc1.1 | 0.90_rc2 | 0.90_rc3 | 0.90rc1 | 0.91 | 0.91.1 | 0.91.2 | 0.91.2:p0 | 0.91rc1 | 0.91rc2 | 0.92 | 0.92:p0 | 0.92.1 | 0.93 | 0.93.1 | 0.93.2 | 0.93.3
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.94.dfsg.1-1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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