CVE-2008-5314

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5314
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-03 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack 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.

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-399 | 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 0.70 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 0.93.3 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.94 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
oss-security - CVE request: clamav 0.94.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[Clamav-announce] announcing ClamAV 0.94.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lurker.clamav.net
ClamAV < 0.94.2 (JPEG Parsing) Recursive Stack Overflow PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
ClamAV 'cli_check_jpeg_exploit' Function Malformed JPEG File Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Ubuntu update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Clam AntiVirus cli_check_jpeg_exploit() Recursive Loop Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Bug 1266 - recursive stack overflow in jpeg parsing code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wwws.clamav.net Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1680-1 clamav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-684-1: ClamAV vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Gentoo update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
osvdb.org/50363 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:028 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ClamAV "cli_check_jpeg_exploit()" Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:239 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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