CVE-2008-3177
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.1%EU EUVD
Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments.
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-16
- EPSS score
- 5.1% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3167)
- Published
- July 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3167 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sophos / email appliance
- sophos / email appliance
- sophos / es1000
- sophos / es4000
- sophos / sophos anti-virus
- sophos / sophos puremessage anti-virus
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31037(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30110
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020462
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2053/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43703
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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