CVE-2008-3447 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 4 Aug 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in F-Prot Antivirus scanning engine using malformed ZIP archives.

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-2008-3447?

CVE-2008-3447 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Aug 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The scanning engine in F-Prot Antivirus 6.2.1 4252 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed ZIP archive, probably related to invalid offsets.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3447?

It affects 2 products.

Products include F-Prot F-Prot Antivirus, F-Prot Scanning Engine.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3447?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3447 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-2008-3447 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-3447 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w28p-3vfp-xgqp.