THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3688
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3688

Http Antivirus Proxy vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
sockethandler.cpp in HTTP Antivirus Proxy (HAVP) 0.88 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) by connecting to a non-responsive server, which triggers an infinite loop due to an uninitialized variable.
Affected vendor
Havp
Affected product
Http Antivirus Proxy
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource
Published
2008-08-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-3688

  • Confirm whether Havp Http Antivirus Proxy is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-3688.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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