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CVE-2008-6680

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6680 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.95, specifically within the libclamav/pe.c component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted EXE file, leading to a crash due to a divide-by-zero error. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.94.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.93.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.93.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.94CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.94.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.94.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0372 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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-2008-6680

clamav: security fixes in upstream 0.95 (CVE-2008-6680, CVE-2009-1270)

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
secunia.com / advisories/34716
secunia.com / advisories/36701
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49845
support.apple.com / kb/HT3865
wwws.clamav.net / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1771
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/6
securityfocus.com / bid/34357
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-754-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0934