CVE-2008-1389 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.94, specifically within the libclamav/chmunpack.c component's CHM parser. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted, malformed CHM file, leading to an application crash due to an invalid memory access. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity, but only results in availability impact. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.93.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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