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CVE-2008-0309

N/A

Published: February 28, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM UTC

10 products affected across 1 vendorScan EngineSymantec Antivirus Scan EngineSymantec Antivirus Filtering Domino Mpe

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 4%

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Symantec Decomposer, as used in certain Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 and other versions before 5.1.6.31, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed RAR file to the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) port (1344/tcp).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Scan Engine · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 5.1.4.24

Symantec Antivirus Filtering Domino Mpe · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 3.0.12

Symantec Antivirus Network Attached Storage · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 4.3.16.39

Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 4.3.16.39

Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Caching · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 4.3.16.39

Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Clearswift · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 4.3.16.39

Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine for Microsoft SharePoint · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 4.3.16.39

Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine for Ms Isa · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 4.3.16.39

Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Messaging · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 4.3.16.39

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 4.6.5.12v ≤ 5.0.4.363

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://secunia.com/advisories/29140

References (6)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE

Source: [email protected]

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=667

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/29140

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27913

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019503

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.27.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0680

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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