Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3243

Title: F-Prot Scanning Engine Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-3243.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Jul 21, 2008
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3243: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a crafted UPX-compressed file, which triggers an engine crash; (2) a crafted Microsoft Office file, which triggers an infinite loop; or (3) an ASPack-compressed file, which triggers an engine crash.

Impacted Vendors

F
frisk_software 1
F
f-prot 2
T
trend_micro 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/31118 http://www.f-prot.com/download/ReleaseNotesWindows.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30258 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43868 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43869 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43870 http://secunia.com/advisories/31118 http://www.f-prot.com/download/ReleaseNotesWindows.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30258 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43868 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43869 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43870
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-3243 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.