CVE-2008-1412
What it is
Unspecified vulnerability in multiple F-Secure anti-virus products, including Internet Security 2006 through 2008, Anti-Virus 2006 through 2008, and others, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via a malformed archive that triggers an unhandled exception, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 3.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.8 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 3.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-20 · Improper input validation
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- f-secure anti-virus 2006
- f-secure anti-virus 2007
- f-secure anti-virus 2008
- f-secure anti-virus Client Security ≤ 6.04
- f-secure anti-virus For Linux ≤ 4.65
- f-secure anti-virus For Workstations ≤ 7.11
- f-secure anti-virus Linux Client Security ≤ 5.54
- f-secure Client Security ≤ 7.11
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2008-1412.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2008-1412. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29397
- http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2008-2.shtml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29397
- http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2008-2.shtml
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29397
- http://support.f-secure.com/enu/corporate/downloads/hotfixes/av-cs-hotfixes.shtml
- http://support.f-secure.com/enu/corporate/downloads/hotfixes/av-mimesweeper-hotfixes.shtml
- http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
- http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
- http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2008-2.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28282
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019618
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019619
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019620
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0903/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41234
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29397
- http://support.f-secure.com/enu/corporate/downloads/hotfixes/av-cs-hotfixes.shtml
- http://support.f-secure.com/enu/corporate/downloads/hotfixes/av-mimesweeper-hotfixes.shtml
- http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
- http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
- http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2008-2.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28282
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019618
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019619
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019620
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0903/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41234