CVE-2007-4577 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux versions prior to 2.48.0, affecting Sophos Anti-Virus, Scanning Engine, and Small Business Suite. Remote attackers can exploit this by submitting a specially crafted BZip file, leading to an infinite loop and the creation of numerous temporary files, effectively causing a "BZip bomb." This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete availability impact. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.78CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:3.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.78dCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:3.78d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.79CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:3.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:3.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.