MEDIUM
clamav: Endless loop / hang with crafted arj
Published Apr 16, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.35%
Description
ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ARJ archive, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.90
- 0.90.1
- 0.90_rc1.1
- 0.90_rc2
- 0.90_rc3
- 0.90rc1
- 0.91
- 0.92
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.
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.
4.35% 0.04352
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04352
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.35% (0.04352) | 90.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.35% (0.04352) | 89.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 3, 2025 | 6.59% (0.06585) | 90.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.68% (0.04684) | 88.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.93% (0.12933) | 90.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.68% (0.04684) | 88.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 9.16% (0.09156) | 94.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 11, 2025 | 6.75% (0.06747) | 93.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.83% (0.07835) | 94.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 8.81% (0.08809) | 94.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.83% (0.07835) | 93.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (31)
- http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1387-clamav.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-20.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29863 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29891 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29975 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30253 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30328 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31576 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/ x_refsource_MISC
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490863/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28782 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28784 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1227/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1387 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=442525 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41822 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1387
- https://www.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=897 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1387
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00576.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00625.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00249.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 16, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 18, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1387
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a