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CVE-2008-2713

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2713 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.93.1, specifically within the libclamav/petite.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read by submitting a specially crafted Petite file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0471 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2008-2713Important

clamav: DoS / crash via crafted petite file

Jun 15, 2008

References

kolab.org / security/kolab-vendor-notice-21.txt
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
secunia.com / advisories/30657
secunia.com / advisories/30785
secunia.com / advisories/30829
secunia.com / advisories/30967
secunia.com / advisories/31091
secunia.com / advisories/31167
secunia.com / advisories/31206
secunia.com / advisories/31437
secunia.com / advisories/31576
secunia.com / advisories/31882
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43133
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
svn.clamav.net / websvn/diff.php
Exploit
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00617.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00763.html
wwws.clamav.net / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
up2date.astaro.com / 2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1616
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/06/15/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/06/17/8
securityfocus.com / bid/29750
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1855/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2584