MEDIUM
clamav: DoS via crafted RAR archive
Published Apr 16, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.76%
Description
libclamunrar in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted RAR files that trigger "memory problems," as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 0.92.1
- 0.15
- 0.20
- 0.21
- 0.22
- 0.23
- 0.24
- 0.51
- 0.52
- 0.53
- 0.54
- 0.60
- 0.60p
- 0.65
- 0.67
- 0.68
- 0.68.1
- 0.70
- 0.71
- 0.72
- 0.73
- 0.74
- 0.75
- 0.75.1
- 0.80
- 0.80_rc1
- 0.80_rc2
- 0.80_rc3
- 0.80_rc4
- 0.81
- 0.81_rc1
- 0.82
- 0.83
- 0.84
- 0.84_rc1
- 0.84_rc2
- 0.85
- 0.85.1
- 0.86
- 0.86.1
- 0.86.2
- 0.86_rc1
- 0.87
- 0.87.1
- 0.88
- 0.88.1
- 0.88.3
- 0.88.4
- 0.88.5
- 0.88.6
- 0.88.7
- 0.90
- 0.90.1
- 0.90.2
- 0.90_rc1.1
- 0.90_rc2
- 0.90_rc3
- 0.90rc1
- 0.91
- 0.91.1
- 0.91.2
- 0.91rc1
- 0.91rc2
- 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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
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.
4.76% 0.04756
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04756
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 | 4.76% (0.04756) | 91.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.76% (0.04756) | 90.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 7, 2025 | 9.30% (0.09303) | 92.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 5, 2025 | 13.36% (0.13359) | 93.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 3, 2025 | 11.22% (0.11218) | 93.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.84% (0.06836) | 90.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.38% (0.10382) | 88.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 6.84% (0.06836) | 90.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.88% (0.07881) | 91.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 8.83% (0.08831) | 94.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 14, 2023 | 8.78% (0.08784) | 93.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.20% (0.08195) | 93.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (19)
- 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/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/2008/1227/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1837 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=442745 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41870 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1837
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1837
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=898 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 16, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 16, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1837
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a