CVE-2008-0308 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Symantec Decomposer, affecting various Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine versions prior to 5.1.6.31. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted RAR file to the ICAP port (1344/tcp), leading to excessive memory consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.4.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.3.16.39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:symantec_antivirus_clearswift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:symantec_antivirus_filtering_domino_mpe:*:*:aix:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:symantec_antivirus_filtering_domino_mpe:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:symantec_antivirus_filtering_domino_mpe:*:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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