CVE-2007-1997
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.4%EU EUVD
Integer signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract functions in libclamav/cab.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.90.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file that contains a negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 5.4% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1991)
- Published
- April 16, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1991 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- clam anti-virus / clamav
- clam anti-virus / clamav
- clam anti-virus / clamav
- clam anti-virus / clamav
- clam anti-virus / clamav
- clam anti-virus / clamav
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=513(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24891(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24946
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24996
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25022
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-21.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=500765(Patch)
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/50a5cb718f20761dd7e0b6b4e0935c52.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1281
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:098
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_26_clamav.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23473(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017921
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0013/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1378
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33637
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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