clamav: DoS via not null terminated string in rfc2231
Published Apr 16, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.55%
Description
The rfc2231 function in message.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message that produces a string that is not null terminated, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Affected products
No data.
- 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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.55% (0.03546) | 88.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.55% (0.03546) | 87.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.43% (0.05430) | 89.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.66% (0.06656) | 84.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.43% (0.05430) | 89.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.83% (0.05825) | 93.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 6.33% (0.06335) | 93.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 14, 2023 | 5.61% (0.05613) | 92.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.22% (0.05222) | 91.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (20)
- 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/29891 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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- 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/2008/2584 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1836 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=442744 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41868 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1836
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1836
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00249.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=881 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Change history (0)
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