CVE-2007-4578

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file, resulting from an "integer cast around". NOTE: as of 20070828, the vendor says this is a DoS and the researcher says this allows code execution, but the researcher is reliable.

Affected products

Sophos Anti-Virus: 3.4.6, 3.78, 3.78d, 3.79, 3.80, 3.81 (+26)
Sophos Scanning Engine: 2.30.4, 2.40.2
Sophos Small Business Suite: 4.04, 4.05

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/26580
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972
http://secunia.com/advisories/26580
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072

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