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CVE-2008-3215

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3215 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ClamAV versions prior to 0.93.3. It stems from an out-of-bounds memory access triggered by a malformed Petite file in libclamav/petite.c, representing an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and requires no authentication, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness and interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.88.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.88.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.88.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.88.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.88.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.88.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.88.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.88.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.88.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.88.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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-2008-3215Important

clamav: DoS / crash via crafted petite file (incomplete fix of CVE-2008-2713)

Jul 3, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
lurker.clamav.net / message/20080707.155612.ad411b00.en.html
secunia.com / advisories/31091
secunia.com / advisories/31437
secunia.com / advisories/31882
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44200
svn.clamav.net / websvn/diff.php
Exploit
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00606.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00617.html
wwws.clamav.net / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/1
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2584