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CVE-2008-0728

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0728 describes a heap corruption vulnerability within the unmew11 function of libclamav in ClamAV versions prior to 0.92.1. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.92CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0282 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0728

clamav: libclamav heap corruption

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
kolab.org / security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
secunia.com / advisories/28907
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29001
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29026
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29048
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29060
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29420
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200802-09.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/40474
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Patch
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/512985d2cd3090bfb93dcb7b551179cf.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0503
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0606
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Vendor Advisory