CVE-2008-1387

Published: Apr 16, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

4.3MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ARJ archive, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

clamav clam anti-virus

On-premSecurity Product

Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner

n/a n/a

clam anti-virusoss-projectSecurity Productsaka clamav, clamxav

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1387-clamav.html

int21.de

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-20.txt

kolab.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html

lists.apple.com

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Timeline

Published

Apr 16, 2008

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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