01 Record

CVE-2007-4577

Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed BZip file that results in the creation of multiple Engine temporary

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed BZip file that results in the creation of multiple Engine temporary

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: 5.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 92.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
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

2007-08-28 18:00Z19 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 15:01Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2007-08-28

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

668c94ca105c42cdfcd944ed3c0116614c86b435790225f67e2aa53fd95d784c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

sophosanti-virusNot specified—

sophosscanning_engineNot specified—

sophossmall_business_suiteNot specified—

06 References

www.vupen.comADV-2007-2972http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.securityfocus.com25428http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
secunia.com26580http://secunia.com/advisories/26580third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
securityreason.com3073http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3073third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
www.sophos.comhttp://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com20070824 n.runs-SA-2007.026 - Sophos Antivirus BZip parsing Infinite Loop Advisoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477727/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.nruns.comhttp://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.phpx_refsource_MISC
securitytracker.com1018608http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

01 Record index

CVE-2007-4577

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2007-4577

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References