CVE-2007-4578

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Sophos
Status: Anti-virus; Small Business Suite; Scanning Engine
Vendor: CVE Published:; 28 August 2007

Summary

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file, resulting from an "integer cast around". NOTE: as of 20070828, the vendor says this is a DoS and the researcher says this allows code execution, but the researcher is reliable.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972

vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinit...

x_refsource_MISC

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428

vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

EPSS Score

8% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

Vulnerability published
Aug 28, 2007
Vulnerability Reserved
Aug 28, 2007