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CVE-2008-6662

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47254

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32749

http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08014.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893196715523&w=2

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-6624

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461

http://www.osvdb.org/51962

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-04-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04004