CVE-2008-3243 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the scanning engine of F-Prot Antivirus before version 6.0.9.0 and F-Prot Scanning Engine before 4.4.4. These flaws allow remote attackers to trigger denial-of-service conditions through specially crafted files, including UPX-compressed, Microsoft Office, and ASPack-compressed files, leading to engine crashes or infinite loops. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity and requires user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) but does not grant confidentiality or integrity impacts, only availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.11bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.11b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.12aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.12bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.12cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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