Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-5050 | First vendor Publication | 2008-11-12 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2012-10-30 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentification | None Required |
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Security Protection
| Impacts | Provides administrator access : Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service. |
Detail
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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5050 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| id | Name |
|---|---|
| CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 49832 | ClamAV libclamav/vba_extract.c get_unicode_name() Function Off-by-one Overflow |
Internal Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2013-05-11 00:30:42 |
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CVE-2008-5050
(Critical)





