CVE-2008-3447 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The scanning engine in F-Prot Antivirus 6.2.1 4252 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed ZIP archive, probably related to invalid offsets.

Published: 2008-08-04

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 11.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.2.1.4252:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:scanning_engine:4.4.4.56:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3433	The scanning engine in F-Prot Antivirus 6.2.1 4252 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed ZIP archive, probably related to invalid offsets.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11328.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Jul/0569.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31313
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30461
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020612
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2283
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44134
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6174

History

No history.

Subscriptions

F-prot F-prot Antivirus Scanning Engine

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-08-04T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:37:26.969Z

Reserved: 2008-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3447

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-08-04T17:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3447

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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