CVE-2008-5050 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2008-5050 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	9.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 443311 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2008:026, published Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:33:52 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:30 2025