CVE-2007-0897
Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed
02 Description
Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-02-16 19:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 12:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-02-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2ff19246f5b02c7a44f4e0855c722f4ea4bc3ea7cefd83603de000ec2a0ee48c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com22580http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comclamav-cabfile-dos(32531)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531
- secunia.com24187http://secunia.com/advisories/24187
- secunia.com24192http://secunia.com/advisories/24192
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- osvdb.org32283http://osvdb.org/32283
- www.debian.orgDSA-1263http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263
- secunia.com29420http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- secunia.com24332http://secunia.com/advisories/24332
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- secunia.com24425http://secunia.com/advisories/24425
- lists.suse.comSUSE-SA:2007:017http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200703-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:043http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043
- secunia.com24319http://secunia.com/advisories/24319
- labs.idefense.com20070215 Multiple Vendor ClamAV CAB File Denial of Service Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- secunia.com24183http://secunia.com/advisories/24183
- www.securitytracker.com1017659http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-0623http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.90-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.90-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.90-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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