CVE-2007-3971 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via a crafted ASPACK packed file, triggering an infinite loop in ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-3971?

CVE-2007-3971 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Integer overflow in ESET NOD32 Antivirus before 2.2289 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and disk consumption) via a crafted ASPACK packed file, which triggers an infinite loop.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3971?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Eset Software Nod32 Antivirus.

How do I fix CVE-2007-3971?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-3971 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r6wr-9qjw-jvwm.

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