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CVE-2008-1836
The rfc2231 function in message.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.5%
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- redhat
Description
The rfc2231 function in message.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message that produces a string that is not null terminated, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- MDVSA-2008:088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=881 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-3900 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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
- 31882 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30328 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- clamav-rfc2231-dos(41868) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30253 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31576 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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