CVE-2008-1389
libclamav/chmunpack.c in the chm-parser in ClamAV before 0.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed CHM file, related to an "invalid memory access."
02 Description
libclamav/chmunpack.c in the chm-parser in ClamAV before 0.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed CHM file, related to an "invalid memory access."
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
- 3.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% 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
- 2008-09-04 16:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-18
- 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
- 4c73bf063e08429a0fa4cc07761e050920951bd88d3054d493f58a6c66018ae5
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com32030http://secunia.com/advisories/32030
- www.securityfocus.com30994http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30994
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2484http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2484
- secunia.com31982http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
- www.securityfocus.com31681http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- int21.dehttp://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1389-clamav-chd.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:018http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=86638&release_id=623661
- secunia.com31725http://secunia.com/advisories/31725
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:189http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:189
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-9651https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html
- secunia.com32222http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200809-18http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-18.xml
- kolab.orghttp://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-22.txt
- www.securitytracker.com1020805http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020805
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2780http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2564http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2564
- secunia.com32699http://secunia.com/advisories/32699
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-10-09http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- secunia.com31906http://secunia.com/advisories/31906
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-9644https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html
- svn.clamav.nethttp://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog
- wwws.clamav.nethttps://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1089
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.94.dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.94.dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.94.dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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