CVE-2007-1997

Description

Integer signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract functions in libclamav/cab.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.90.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file that contains a negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 10.82% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory idefense.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/25022	third party advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0013/	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33637	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017921	vdb entry
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=513	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23473	vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/24996	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:098	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references	vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_26_clamav.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25189	third party advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/50a5cb718f20761dd7e0b6b4e0935c52.html
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=500765	patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1378	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25028	third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-21.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24946	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1281	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24920	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24891	third party advisory patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1997?: CVE-2007-1997 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1997?: To fix CVE-2007-1997, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1997 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-1997 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~11% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.