CVE-2008-0318

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the cli_scanpe function in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.92.1, as used in clamd, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Petite packed PE file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Clam Anti-Virus Clamav: through 0.92

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209915
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=658
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28907
http://secunia.com/advisories/28913
http://secunia.com/advisories/28949
http://secunia.com/advisories/29001
http://secunia.com/advisories/29026
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048

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