THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-5314
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5314

Clamav vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
8.2%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Clam Anti Virus
Affected product
Clamav
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-12-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-5314

  • Confirm whether Clam Anti Virus Clamav is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5314.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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