Heap-based buffer overflow in pe.c in libclamav in ClamAV 0.92.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WWPack…

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in pe.c in libclamav in ClamAV 0.92.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WWPack compressed PE binary.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.6% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• MDVSA-2008:088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• GLSA-200805-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-09-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29891 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA08-260A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 28784 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1019850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 31882 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29975 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29863 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30328 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3420 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• clamav-wwpack-pe-bo(41833) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=877 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31576 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1227 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20080414 ClamAV libclamav PE WWPack Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3358 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• DSA-1549 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-20.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:40 UTC.