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CVE-2008-1387

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1387 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.93, where a specially crafted ARJ archive can lead to high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a potential impact of partial denial of service, accessible remotely without authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, or entries in ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.90CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.90.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.90.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.90_rc1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.90_rc1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.90_rc2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.90_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.90_rc3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.90_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0435 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1387Moderate

clamav: Endless loop / hang with crafted arj

May 15, 2008

References

int21.de / cve/CVE-2008-1387-clamav.html
kolab.org / security/kolab-vendor-notice-20.txt
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
secunia.com / advisories/29863
secunia.com / advisories/29891
secunia.com / advisories/29975
secunia.com / advisories/30253
secunia.com / advisories/30328
secunia.com / advisories/31576
secunia.com / advisories/31882
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41822
clamav.net / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00576.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00625.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00249.html
up2date.astaro.com / 2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html
cert.fi / haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
ExploitPatch
ee.oulu.fi / research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/490863/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28782
securityfocus.com / bid/28784
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1227/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2584