CVE-2008-3913

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-401

Description

Multiple memory leaks in freshclam/manager.c in ClamAV before 0.94 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "error handling logic".

Affected products

Cisco ClamAV: before 0.94 — fixed in 0.94
Debian Linux: 4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco ClamAV 0.94. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-22.txt
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31906
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
http://secunia.com/advisories/32030
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
http://secunia.com/advisories/32424
http://secunia.com/advisories/32699
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-18.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=86638&release_id=623661
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

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