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CVE-2008-1836

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1836 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.93. The flaw resides in the rfc2231 function within libclamav, where a crafted message can lead to a buffer over-read due to an improperly null-terminated string, causing the application to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, requiring network access but no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
3.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0355 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2008-1836Moderate

clamav: DoS via not null terminated string in rfc2231

Apr 15, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
secunia.com / advisories/29891
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/41868
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00249.html
wwws.clamav.net / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
up2date.astaro.com / 2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/28784
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2584