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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-0728 · published 12 February 2008

CVE-2008-0728: Clamav vulnerability

Clamav · Clamav

The unmew11 function in libclamav/mew.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.92.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors that trigger "heap corruption."

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.8% · top 14.0% CWE-399 · CWE-399
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
38References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The unmew11 function in libclamav/mew.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.92.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors that trigger "heap corruption."

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://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/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://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=575703 Patch
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/512985d2cd3090bfb93dcb7b551179cf.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40474
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://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/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://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=575703 Patch
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/512985d2cd3090bfb93dcb7b551179cf.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40474

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-0728), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.