CVE-2008-5314
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.082 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-7330ClamAV < 0.94.2 - JPEG Parsing Recursive Stack Overflow (PoC)functional · exploit_db
affected products (42)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (48)
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- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20081126.150241.55b1e092.en.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/50363enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32926enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32936enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33016enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33195enisa_euvd
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