CVE-2008-3912 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service in ClamAV via a NULL pointer dereference triggered by an out-of-memory condition.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2008-3912?

CVE-2008-3912 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 9 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libclamav in ClamAV before 0.94 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to an out-of-memory condition.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3912?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Clamav Clamav, Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3912?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-3912 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3912 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Clamav Clamav vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3912, GHSA-r92g-g2q8-jrqq.

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