CVE-2008-5050
Off-by-one error in the get_unicode_name function (libclamav/vba_extract.c) in Clam Anti-Virus (ClamAV) before 0.94.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute
02 Description
Off-by-one error in the get_unicode_name function (libclamav/vba_extract.c) in Clam Anti-Virus (ClamAV) before 0.94.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute
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
- 8.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% 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
- 2008-11-13 01:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-12
- 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
- feeb015b1faae9b0fd9d537006bf0b9b8754973b82ff820d6e741b10450ba968
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3085http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3085
- securityreason.com4579http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4579
- secunia.com33937http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- www.debian.orgDSA-1680http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1680
- secunia.com32765http://secunia.com/advisories/32765
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comclamav-getunicodename-bo(46462)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46462
- www.securityfocus.com32207http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32207
- secunia.com33016http://secunia.com/advisories/33016
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- lists.grok.org.uk20081109 ClamAV get_unicode_name() off-by-one buffer overflowhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065530.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-02-12http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- www.securitytracker.com1021159http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021159
- secunia.com32872http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-21http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-21.xml
- www.securityfocus.com20081108 ClamAV get_unicode_name() off-by-one buffer overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498169/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-9651https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=637952&group_id=86638
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0422http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-672-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-672-1
- secunia.com32663http://secunia.com/advisories/32663
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:229http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:229
- secunia.com33317http://secunia.com/advisories/33317
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:026http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- secunia.com32699http://secunia.com/advisories/32699
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-9644https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.94.dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.94.dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.94.dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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