CVE-2008-1412

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in multiple F-Secure anti-virus products, including Internet Security 2006 through 2008, Anti-Virus 2006 through 2008, and others, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via a malformed archive that triggers an unhandled exception, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 27.05% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/corporate/downloads/hotfixes/av-mimesweeper-hotfixes.shtml
http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2008-2.shtml patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41234 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0903/references vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28282 vdb entry
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/corporate/downloads/hotfixes/av-cs-hotfixes.shtml
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019620 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019619 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019618 vdb entry
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
http://secunia.com/advisories/29397 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1412?
CVE-2008-1412 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1412?
To fix CVE-2008-1412, 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-2008-1412 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1412 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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