HIGH
Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR archive
Published Jun 1, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.44%
Description
Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR archive.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.44% 0.03438
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03438
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.44% (0.03438) | 88.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.44% (0.03438) | 87.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.08% (0.03075) | 85.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.76% (0.05756) | 93.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 27, 2024 | 11.91% (0.11911) | 95.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2024 | 9.79% (0.09794) | 94.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2024 | 9.09% (0.09092) | 94.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 26, 2024 | 7.73% (0.07731) | 93.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 18, 2024 | 8.09% (0.08090) | 93.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 7.83% (0.07828) | 93.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 6, 2023 | 7.34% (0.07342) | 93.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.83% (0.06829) | 92.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://osvdb.org/36711 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25417 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.012%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20TAR%20parsing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470042/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24239 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018137 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34557 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://osvdb.org/36711 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25417 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.012%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20TAR%20parsing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470042/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24239 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018137 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34557 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 1, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 31, 2007
Link CVE-2007-2973
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a