CVE-2008-5050
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 8.3%EU EUVD
Off-by-one error in the get_unicode_name function (libclamav/vba_extract.c) in Clam Anti-Virus (ClamAV) before 0.94.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VBA project file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.3% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5029)
- Published
- November 13, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5029 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- clam anti-virus / clamav
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065530.html(Exploit)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32663(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32699
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32765
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33016
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33317
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-21.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4579
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=637952&group_id=86638
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1680
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:229
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498169/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32207(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021159
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-672-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3085
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46462
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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