Is CVE-2008-3913 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3913 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3913?

CVE-2008-3913 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-3913

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD

Multiple memory leaks in freshclam/manager.c in ClamAV before 0.94 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "error handling logic".

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-401
EPSS score: 3.1% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3898)
Published: September 11, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3898 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

clamav / clamav
debian / debian linux

References

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-22.txt(Broken Link)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31906(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32030(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32424(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32699(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-18.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=86638&release_id=623661(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216(Third Party Advisory)
http://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1660(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:189(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/03/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/13(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31051(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020828(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2564(Permissions Required)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780(Permissions Required)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45057(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1141(Broken Link)

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

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