CVE-2008-1389

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1389
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-04 16:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionlibclamav/chmunpack.c in the chm-parser in ClamAV before 0.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed CHM file, related to an "invalid memory access."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.11 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.12 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.13 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.14 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.14 pre All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.15 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.20 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.21 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.22 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.23 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.24 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.51 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.52 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.53 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.54 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.60 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.60p All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.65 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.67 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.68 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.68.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.70 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.71 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.72 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.73 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.74 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.75 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.75.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.80 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.80 rc All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.80 rc2 All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.80 rc3 All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.80 rc4 All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.81 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.81 rc1 All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.82 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.83 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.84 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.84 rc1 All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.84 rc2 All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.85 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.85.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.86 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.86 rc1 All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.86.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.86.2 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.87 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.87.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88.2 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88.3 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88.4 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88.5 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88.6 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88.7 All All All
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 0.90.3 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.91 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.91.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.91.2 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.92 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.92.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.93 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.93.1 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ClamAV CHM Processing Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: clamav-0.93.3-2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kolab.org
Kolab Server ClamAV Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
ClamAV: Multiple Denials of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:189 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: clamav-0.92.1-4.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
About Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Clam AntiVirus CHM Unpacking Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Bug 1089 – clamav chm handler: crasher bugs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wwws.clamav.net
ClamAV 'chmunpack.c' Invalid Memory Access Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.clamav.net
Fedora update for clamav - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
clamav: Crash with crafted chm, CVE-2008-1389 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 int21.de
APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690294 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for clamav (da5c4072-8082-11dd-9c8c-001c2514716c)
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