CVE-2008-6662

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Published Apr 7, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:avg:avg_anti-virus:7.5.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6624	AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.4% (3.352% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893196715523&w=2
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08014.html
http://www.osvdb.org/51962
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32749
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47254

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Avg Avg Anti-virus

Linux Linux Kernel

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:41 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 7, 2009, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:41 AM
Reserved: Apr 7, 2009, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:02 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 7, 2009, 11:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:02 PM

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