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CVE-2008-3215

Published: Jul 18, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-399
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.7%
Top 9.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

libclamav/petite.c in ClamAV before 0.93.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed Petite file that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2713.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

clamavclam anti-virus
On-premSecurity Product
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
clam anti-virusoss-projectSecurity Productsaka clamav, clamxav
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20080707.155612.ad411b00.en.html
lurker.clamav.net
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Timeline

Published
Jul 18, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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