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CVE-2008-3688

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-908

Description

sockethandler.cpp in HTTP Antivirus Proxy (HAVP) 0.88 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) by connecting to a non-responsive server, which triggers an infinite loop due to an uninitialized variable.

Affected products

• Havp Http Antivirus Proxy: 0.88

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31494
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31971
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020900
• http://www.server-side.de/index.htm
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467
• https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31494
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31971
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697

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