CVE-2008-6904

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sophos SAVScan 4.33.0 for Linux, and possibly other products and versions, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted files that have been packed with (1) armadillo, (2) asprotect, or (3) asprotectSKE.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.64% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory sophos.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52443	vdb entry
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-6904?: CVE-2008-6904 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-6904?: To fix CVE-2008-6904, 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-2008-6904 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-6904 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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