CVE-2008-6662

N/A Unknown

Published: April 07, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893196715523&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08014.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/51962

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32749

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47254

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893196715523&w=2