Is CVE-2007-0897 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-0897 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-0897?

CVE-2007-0897 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-0897

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD

Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-772
EPSS score: 3.5% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-0893)
Published: February 16, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0893 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / mac os x server
clamav / clamav
debian / debian linux

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562(Broken Link)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html(Broken Link)
http://osvdb.org/32283(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24183(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24187(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24192(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24319(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24332(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24425(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263(Mailing List)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references(Broken Link)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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