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CVE-2008-5314

Published: Dec 3, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
8.2%
Top 5.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in libclamav/special.c in ClamAV before 0.94.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted JPEG file, related to the cli_check_jpeg_exploit, jpeg_check_photoshop, and jpeg_check_photoshop_8bim functions.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:P
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

CWE-399

Affected Products

clamavclam anti-virus
On-premSecurity Product
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
n/an/a
clam anti-virusoss-projectSecurity Productsaka clamav, clamxav

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20081126.150241.55b1e092.en.html
lurker.clamav.net
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Timeline

Published
Dec 3, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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