CVE-2008-5050 (GCVE-0-2008-5050)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-13 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4579 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1680 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/32765 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32207 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/33016 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021159 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-21.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498169/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?rele… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-672-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/32663 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33317 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32699 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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