VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-0897

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-02-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Primary references