CVE-2008-6903

N/A Unknown
Published: August 06, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18, Anti-Virus for OS X before 4.9.18, Anti-Virus for Linux before 6.4.5, Anti-Virus for UNIX before 7.0.5, Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware before 4.37.0, Sophos EM Library, and Sophos small business solutions, when CAB archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a "fuzzed" CAB archive file, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/50863
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/33177
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/50863
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/33177
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.2%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

sophos

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