CVE-2008-6662 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2009-04-07

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 4.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:avg:avg_anti-virus:7.5.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2008-6624	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04004.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893196715523&w=2
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08014.html
http://www.osvdb.org/51962
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32749
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47254

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Avg Avg Anti-virus

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-04-07T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:41:58.873Z

Reserved: 2009-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6662

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-07T23:30:00.203

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

Link: CVE-2008-6662

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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