CVE-2008-5050 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted VBA project file due to a heap-based buffer overflow in ClamAV.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-5050?
CVE-2008-5050 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 13 Nov 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Off-by-one error in the get_unicode_name function (libclamav/vba_extract.c) in Clam Anti-Virus (ClamAV) before 0.94.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VBA project file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5050?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5050?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2008-5050 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5050 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav
- CVE-2008-1100 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2008-0318 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2007-6337 Unspecified vulnerability in the bzip2 decompression algorithm in nsis/bzlib_private.h in ClamAV before 0.92 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
- CVE-2007-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2005-3587 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5050, GHSA-594g-rvq4-vvxr.