CVE-2008-1836

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The rfc2231 function in message.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message that produces a string that is not null terminated, which triggers a buffer over-read.

Affected products

Clam Anti-Virus Clamav: 0.90, 0.90.1, 0.90_rc1.1, 0.90_rc2, 0.90_rc3, 0.90rc1 (+2)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29891
http://secunia.com/advisories/30253
http://secunia.com/advisories/30328
http://secunia.com/advisories/31576
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml
http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28784
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html

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