CVE-2008-1387

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1387
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-16 16:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionClamAV 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 0.90rc1 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
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.91 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.92 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
clamav: Endless loop / hang with crafter arj, CVE-2008-1387 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 int21.de
CERT-FI - CERT-FI and CPNI Joint Vulnerability Advisory on Archive Formats af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.fi Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: clamav-0.92.1-2.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Astaro update for ClamAV - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2008-09-15 Mac OS X v10.5.5 and Security Update 2008-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
ClamAV ARJ File Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ClamAV 0.92.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kolab.org
SUSE update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: clamav (SUSE-SA:2008:024 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-260A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: clamav-0.93-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Just a moment... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.clamav.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: clamav-0.92.1-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo update for clamav - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ee.oulu.fi
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Up2Date Announcements: Up2Date ASG V7.300 GA Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 up2date.astaro.com
ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Kolab Server ClamAV Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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