CVE-2007-2973

high

Description

Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR archive.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34557

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-2965

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018137

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24239

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470042/100/0/threaded

http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.012%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20TAR%20parsing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt

http://secunia.com/advisories/25417

http://osvdb.org/36711

http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-06-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H