CVE-2008-5050

ClamAV < 0.94.1 - Remote Code Execution via Crafted VBA Project File

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (25)

Core 25

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46462

Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32207

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-672-1

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3085

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4579

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33937

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1680

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32765

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33016

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438

Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065530.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021159

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32872

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-21.xml

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498169/100/0/threaded

Product x_refsource_confirm

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=637952&group_id=86638

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32663

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:229

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33317

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32699

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0829

EPSS Percentile 94.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (44)

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.01

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.02

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.03

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.04

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.05

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.06

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.10

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.11

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.12

clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.13

... and 34 more

Published Nov 13, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026