CVE-2007-4578
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file, resulting from an "integer cast around". NOTE: as of 20070828, the vendor says this is a DoS and the researcher says this allows code execution, but the researcher is reliable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 7.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4560)
- 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-2007-4560 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sophos / anti-virus
- sophos / anti-virus
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- sophos / anti-virus
- sophos / scanning engine
- sophos / scanning engine
- sophos / small business suite
- sophos / small business suite
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26580(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428(Patch)
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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