CVE-2008-5314 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.2% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in libclamav/special.c in ClamAV before 0.94.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted JPEG file, related to the cli_check_jpeg_exploit, jpeg_check_photoshop, and jpeg_check_photoshop_8bim functions.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.2% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| clam anti-virus | clamav |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | ClamAV < 0.94.2 - JPEG Parsing Recursive Stack Overflow (PoC) | 2008-12-03 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html
- http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20081126.150241.55b1e092.en.html
- http://osvdb.org/50363
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32926
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33016
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33195
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33317
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-21.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=86638&release_id=643134
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1680
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:239
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/01/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32555
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021296
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-684-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3311
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