4.3

CVE-2008-6662: avg avg_anti-virus Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 07-04-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-6662 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in avg avg_anti-virus. EPSS estimates a 3.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.5% 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
3.35%
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. 07-04-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.35% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.35%

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

Avg1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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