CVE-2008-1389
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
libclamav/chmunpack.c in the chm-parser in ClamAV before 0.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed CHM file, related to an "invalid memory access."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1396)
- Published
- September 4, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1396 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
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- clam anti-virus / clamav
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- clam anti-virus / clamav
- clam anti-virus / clamav
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- clam anti-virus / clamav
- clam anti-virus / clamav
- clam anti-virus / clamav
- clam anti-virus / clamav
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- clam anti-virus / clamav
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and 18 more…
References
- http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1389-clamav-chd.html
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-22.txt
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31725(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31906
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32030
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32699
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-18.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=86638&release_id=623661(Patch)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:189
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30994
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020805
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2484
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2564
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1089
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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