CVE-2007-1997
"ClamAV CHM File Signed Integer Overflow"
Description
Integer signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract functions in libclamav/cab.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.90.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file that contains a negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.
INFO
Published Date :
April 16, 2007, 9:19 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 Added Reference http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=513 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24891 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24920 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24946 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24996 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25022 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25028 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25189 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-21.xml Added Reference http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=500765 Added Reference http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/50a5cb718f20761dd7e0b6b4e0935c52.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1281 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:098 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_26_clamav.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23473 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017921 Added Reference http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0013/ Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1378 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33637 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33637 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33637 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 17, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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10.82 }} 1.50%
score
0.92704
percentile