CVE-2008-6903 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting various Sophos Anti-Virus products and related solutions when CAB archive scanning is enabled. An attacker can trigger a segmentation fault by providing a specially crafted ("fuzzed") CAB archive file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.7.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18:*:windows-nt:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.7.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18:*:windows_9x:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.9.18:*:os_x:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.37.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.37.0:*:netware:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:6.4.5:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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