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CVE-2007-4577

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD

Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed BZip file that results in the creation of multiple Engine temporary files (aka a "BZip bomb").

Key facts

CVSS score
7.8 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-399
EPSS score
5.5% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2007-4559)
Published
August 28, 2007
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4559 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • sophos / anti-virus
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  • sophos / scanning engine
  • sophos / scanning engine
  • sophos / small business suite
  • sophos / small business suite

References

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

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