CVE-2007-2973
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR archive.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2965)
- Published
- June 1, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2965 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- avira / antivir
- avira / av pack
References
- http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/36711
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25417(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.012%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20TAR%20parsing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470042/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24239
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018137
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34557
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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