HIGH
Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed BZip file that results in the creation of multiple Engine temporary files (aka a "BZip bomb")
Published Aug 28, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.53%
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed BZip file that results in the creation of multiple Engine temporary files (aka a "BZip bomb").
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 3.4.6
- 3.78
- 3.78d
- 3.79
- 3.80
- 3.81
- 3.82
- 3.83
- 3.84
- 3.85
- 3.86
- 3.90
- 3.91
- 3.95
- 3.96.0
- 4.03
- 4.04
- 4.05
- 4.5.3
- 4.5.4
- 4.5.11
- 4.5.12
- 4.7.1
- 4.7.2
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.9
- 5.0.9
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 5.2.1
- 6.5
- 2.30.4
- 2.40.2
- 4.04
- 4.05
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.
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.
5.53% 0.05530
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05530
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.53% (0.05530) | 92.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.53% (0.05530) | 91.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.36% (0.05359) | 89.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.38% (0.03384) | 78.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.36% (0.05359) | 89.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 20, 2025 | 4.30% (0.04300) | 92.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.08% (0.03080) | 90.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.46% (0.05461) | 93.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 1, 2024 | 5.35% (0.05347) | 93.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 4.19% (0.04193) | 92.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 4.49% (0.04491) | 92.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 4.34% (0.04338) | 91.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 4.06% (0.04056) | 90.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.76% (0.03761) | 90.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26580 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3073 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.php x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477727/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26580 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3073 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.php | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477727/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 28, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 28, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4577
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a