HIGH
Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor
Published Feb 16, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.50%
Description
Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- < 10.4.11
Configuration 3
- 3.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.50% 0.03495
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03495
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.50% (0.03495) | 88.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.39% (0.03387) | 87.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 12, 2026 | 7.88% (0.07879) | 91.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 6.41% (0.06408) | 90.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.07% (0.05072) | 88.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.68% (0.07683) | 86.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.07% (0.05072) | 89.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 19.25% (0.19253) | 96.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2024 | 21.91% (0.21908) | 96.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 13, 2024 | 16.73% (0.16734) | 95.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 19.51% (0.19514) | 96.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 16.27% (0.16271) | 95.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 21, 2023 | 11.05% (0.11053) | 94.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 13, 2023 | 12.12% (0.12124) | 94.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 6, 2023 | 12.72% (0.12720) | 94.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 21, 2023 | 14.17% (0.14172) | 94.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 14.04% (0.14042) | 94.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (20)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/32283 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24183 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24187 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24192 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24319 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24332 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24425 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing List
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 | x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link | |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEBroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List | |
| http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link | |
| http://osvdb.org/32283 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24183 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24187 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24192 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24319 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24332 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24425 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing List | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 16, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 13, 2007
Link CVE-2007-0897
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a