CVE-2007-1997

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-1997
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-04-16 21:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract functions in libclamav/cab.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.90.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file that contains a negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.90 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.90.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.90.2 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.90_rc1.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.90_rc2 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.90_rc3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE update for clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1281-1 clamav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security update for clamav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:098 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mandriva update for clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
Trustix update for freetype and clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com Vendor Advisory
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
ClamAV Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Gentoo update for clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Clam AntiVirus Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SUSE update for clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Clam AntiVirus Buffer Overflow in cab_unstore() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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