CVE-2008-6903 json
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18, Anti-Virus for OS X before 4.9.18, Anti-Virus for L…
published 2009-08-06 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-6863
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 6.6%
- EPSS 6.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18, Anti-Virus for OS X before 4.9.18, Anti-Virus for Linux before 6.4.5, Anti-Virus for UNIX before 7.0.5, Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware before 4.37.0, Sophos EM Library, and Sophos small business solutions, when CAB archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a "fuzzed" CAB archive file, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
6.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
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ivizsecurity.com
/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html
patch
-
sophos.com
/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
patch, vendor-advisory
-
securitytracker.com
/id?1021476
vdb-entry, patch
-
secunia.com
/advisories/33177
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
-
vupen.com
/english/advisories/2008/3458
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
- cert.fi /haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
-
marc.info
/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2
mailing-list
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osvdb.org
/50863
vdb-entry
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/32748
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-6903
- NVD CVE-2008-6903
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