MEDIUM
clamav: DoS / crash via crafted petite file (incomplete fix of CVE-2008-2713)
Published Jul 18, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.71%
Description
libclamav/petite.c in ClamAV before 0.93.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed Petite file that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2713.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.88.2
- 0.88.4
- 0.88.5
- 0.88.6
- 0.88.7
- 0.88.7
- 0.88.7
- 0.90
- 0.90.1
- 0.90.1
- 0.90.2
- 0.90.2
- 0.90.3
- 0.90.3
- 0.90.3
- 0.91.2
- 0.92
- 0.92.1
- 0.93
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.
4.71% 0.04708
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04708
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 | 4.71% (0.04708) | 91.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.71% (0.04708) | 90.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 6.60% (0.06599) | 91.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 25, 2026 | 4.75% (0.04749) | 89.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 6.78% (0.06775) | 91.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 4.98% (0.04976) | 89.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.78% (0.02781) | 84.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.95% (0.06950) | 85.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.26% (0.02262) | 83.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 8.47% (0.08468) | 94.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2023 | 8.47% (0.08468) | 93.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.90% (0.07898) | 93.19th | 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 (21)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20080707.155612.ad411b00.en.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31091 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31437 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://svn.clamav.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=clamav-devel&path=/branches/0.93/libclamav/petite.c&rev=3920 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:166 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- 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-2008-3215 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455373 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44200 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3215
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3215
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00606.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00617.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1000#c4 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 18, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 18, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3215
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a