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
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
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.6% 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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 668c94ca105c42cdfcd944ed3c0116614c86b435790225f67e2aa53fd95d784c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2972http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972
- www.securityfocus.com25428http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428
- secunia.com26580http://secunia.com/advisories/26580
- securityreason.com3073http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3073
- www.sophos.comhttp://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html
- www.securityfocus.com20070824 n.runs-SA-2007.026 - Sophos Antivirus BZip parsing Infinite Loop Advisoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477727/100/0/threaded
- www.nruns.comhttp://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.php
- securitytracker.com1018608http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608