01 Record
CVE-2008-6662
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file,
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file,
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
- 3.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% 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
- 2009-04-07 23:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-04-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2fcdd262cea6b4c215838ca1ef937f58870421caf0d331dd49efe10f91bf1b9e
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info20081210 [IVIZ-08-014] AVG antivirus for Linux vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893196715523&w=2
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3461http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comavg-linux-upx-dos(47254)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47254
- www.securityfocus.com32749http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32749
- www.osvdb.org51962http://www.osvdb.org/51962
- www.ivizsecurity.comhttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08014.html