CVE-2007-1997 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2007-1997

Integer signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract...

Vulnerability Description

Integer signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract functions in libclamav/cab.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.90.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file that contains a negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

clam anti-virus

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Affected Software

clamav
Vulnerable Versions:
0.90, 0.90.1, 0.90.2, 0.90_rc1.1, 0.90_rc2, 0.90_rc3

Timeline

Official Publish: April 16th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.