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CVE-2008-6662

AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibl…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.4%
percentile 89%
Public exploits
0
none known

AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=122893196715523&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/3461 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/47254 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/32749 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /51962 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • ivizsecurity.com /security-advisory-iviz-sr-08014.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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