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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-3588 · published 13 October 2009

CVE-2009-3588: Broadcom anti-virus vulnerability

Broadcom · Anti Virus

Unspecified vulnerability in the arclib component in the Anti-Virus engine in CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Antivirus) 7.1 through r8.1; Anti-Virus 2007 (v8) through 2009; eTrust EZ Antivirus r7.1; Internet Security Suite 2007 (v3) through Plus 2009; and other CA products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RAR archive file that triggers stack corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3587.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% · top 16.7%
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
33Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the arclib component in the Anti-Virus engine in CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Antivirus) 7.1 through r8.1; Anti-Virus 2007 (v8) through 2009; eTrust EZ Antivirus r7.1; Internet Security Suite 2007 (v3) through Plus 2009; and other CA products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RAR archive file that triggers stack corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3587.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/36976 Vendor Advisory
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=218878 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507068/100/0/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36653 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022999 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2852 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53698 VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/36976 Vendor Advisory
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=218878 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507068/100/0/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36653 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022999 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2852 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53698 VDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-3588), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.