Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1412

Title: F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Client Security RCE

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-1412.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Mar 20, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.60%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1412: 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.

Impacted Vendors

F
f-secure 12

Reference Links

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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1412 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.