CVE-2008-5050

EPSS 12.3%

clamav - potential code execution

Published: 11/13/2008Modified: 4/28/2026

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.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/clamavfrom 0, < 0.94.dfsg.1-1
Debian/clamavfrom 0, < 0.90.1dfsg-4etch16

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5050