DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5050

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5050
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5050.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5050
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2008-11-13T02:30:01.027Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:46.173367Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Off-by-one error in the getunicodename function (libclamav/vba_extract.c) in Clam Anti-Virus (ClamAV) before 0.94.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VBA project file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / clamav

Package

Name
clamav
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/clamav?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.94.dfsg.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5050.json"

Debian:12 / clamav

Package

Name
clamav
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/clamav?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.94.dfsg.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5050.json"

Debian:13 / clamav

Package

Name
clamav
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/clamav?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.94.dfsg.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5050.json"

Debian:14 / clamav

Package

Name
clamav
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/clamav?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.94.dfsg.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5050.json"