4.3

CVE-2008-5314: clam_anti-virus clamav Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5314
Published 03-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5314 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 8.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-1680-1

Timeline

  1. 03-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in libclamav/special.c in ClamAV before 0.94.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted JPEG file, related to the cli_check_jpeg_exploit, jpeg_check_photoshop, and jpeg_check_photoshop_8bim functions.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.20% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
8.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wwws.clamav.net)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedosmultipleVerified

    ClamAV < 0.94.2 - JPEG Parsing Recursive Stack Overflow (PoC)

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Clam_anti-virus1 product
  • clamav≤ 0.94.1 | 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 | 0.81 | 0.81:rc1 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.84:rc1 | 0.84:rc2 | 0.85 | 0.85.1 | 0.86 | 0.86:rc1 | 0.86.1 | 0.86.2 | 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 | 0.90 | 0.90.1 | 0.90.2 | 0.90.3 | 0.91 | 0.91.1 | 0.91.2 | 0.92 | 0.92.1 | 0.93 | 0.93.1 | 0.93.3 | 0.94
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.94.dfsg.2-1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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