Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments
Published Jul 15, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.13%
Description
Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- es1000
- es4000
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
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:L/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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.13% (0.05127) | 92.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.13% (0.05127) | 91.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.05% (0.06048) | 90.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.38% (0.04382) | 92.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.02% (0.03025) | 91.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 2.80% (0.02802) | 89.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.60% (0.02600) | 88.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31037 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30110 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020462 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2053/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43703 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31037 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30110 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020462 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2053/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43703 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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