CVE-2008-1389

Description

libclamav/chmunpack.c in the chm-parser in ClamAV before 0.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed CHM file, related to an "invalid memory access."

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.17% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32030 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30994 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2484 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 vdb entry
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1389-clamav-chd.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=86638&release_id=623661 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31725 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:189 vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-18.xml vendor advisory
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-22.txt
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020805 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2564 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32699 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
http://secunia.com/advisories/31906 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html vendor advisory
http://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1089

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1389?
CVE-2008-1389 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1389?
To fix CVE-2008-1389, 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-2008-1389 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1389 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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