CVE-2008-5050
N/A
Published: November 13, 2008 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorClamav
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
Description
Off-by-one error in the get_unicode_name function (libclamav/vba_extract.c) in Clam Anti-Virus (ClamAV) before 0.94.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VBA project file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.940.010.020.030.040.050.060.100.110.120.130.140.14 pre0.150.200.210.220.230.240.510.520.530.540.600.60p0.650.670.680.68.10.700.710.720.730.740.750.75.10.800.80 rc0.80 rc20.80 rc30.80 rc40.80_rc10.80_rc20.80_rc30.80_rc40.810.81 rc10.81_rc10.820.830.840.84 rc10.84 rc20.84_rc10.84_rc20.850.85.10.860.86 rc10.86.10.86.20.86_rc10.870.87.10.880.88.10.88.20.88.30.88.40.88.50.88.60.88.70.88.7 p00.88.7 p10.900.90.10.90.1 p00.90.20.90.2 p00.90.30.90.3 p00.90.3 p10.90_rc1.10.90_rc20.90_rc30.90rc10.910.91.10.91.20.91.2 p00.91rc10.91rc20.920.92 p00.92.10.930.93.10.93.20.93.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (25)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065530.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32663Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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