CVE-2008-1836
N/A
Published: April 16, 2008 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorClamav
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00249.html
References (16)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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