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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-0318 · published 12 February 2008

CVE-2008-0318: Clam anti-virus clamav vulnerability

CClam Anti Virus · Clamav

Integer overflow in the cli_scanpe function in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.92.1, as used in clamd, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Petite packed PE file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 7.9% · top 5.5% CWE-189 · CWE-189
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
7.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
52References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the cli_scanpe function in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.92.1, as used in clamd, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Petite packed PE file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209915
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=658
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28907 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28913 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28949 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29001 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29026 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29060 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-09.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019394
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=575703 Patch
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/512985d2cd3090bfb93dcb7b551179cf.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27751
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0503 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00462.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00481.html
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209915
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=658
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28907 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28913 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28949 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29001 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29026 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29060 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-0318), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.