CVE-2008-6536

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in 7-zip before 4.5.7 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats (c10).

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.26% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0914/references	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29434	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41247	vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/43649	vdb entry
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28285	vdb entry
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-6536?: CVE-2008-6536 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-6536?: To fix CVE-2008-6536, 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-2008-6536 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-6536 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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