CVE-2008-3244 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the F-Prot Antivirus scanning engine by sending a specially crafted CHM file, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-3244?
CVE-2008-3244 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a CHM file with a large nb_dir value that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3244?
It affects 2 products.
Products include F-Prot F-Prot Antivirus, F-Prot Scanning Engine.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3244?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3244 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-2008-3244 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3244 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3cqf-vpcc-4f22.