CVE-2008-3244

Summary

CVECVE-2008-3244
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-21 16:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a CHM file with a large nb_dir value that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

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: CWE-20 | 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 F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.11b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12c All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12d All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.13 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.13a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14c All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14d All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14e All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.15 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.15a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.15b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16c All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16d All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16e All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16f All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 4.6.6 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 6.0.5 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 6.0.5.1 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 6.0.6 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 6.0.6.1 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 6.0.6.3 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 6.0.6.4 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 6.0.7 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 6.0.7.1 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 6.0.8 All All All
Application F-prot Scanning Engine All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Best 7 Best Internet Security Software in 2019 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nruns.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
F-PROT Antivirus CHM File Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
F-Prot Antivirus Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
F-PROT Antivirus EOL Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.f-prot.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - F-Prot Antivirus CHM Parsing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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