CVE-2008-3688
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
sockethandler.cpp in HTTP Antivirus Proxy (HAVP) 0.88 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) by connecting to a non-responsive server, which triggers an infinite loop due to an uninitialized variable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-908
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3674)
- Published
- August 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3674 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- havp / http antivirus proxy
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31494(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31971(Broken Link)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020900(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.server-side.de/index.htm(Broken Link, Product)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44467(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=487CDF51.5060201%40endian.com(Broken Link, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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