CVE-2007-2973

Description

Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR archive.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.08% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24239	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187	vdb entry
http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528	patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34557	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25417	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/36711	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018137	vdb entry
http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.012%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20TAR%20parsing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470042/100/0/threaded	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2973?: CVE-2007-2973 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2973?: To fix CVE-2007-2973, 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-2007-2973 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-2973 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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