CVE-2008-0309 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-0309

Stack-based buffer overflow in Symantec Decomposer, as used in certain...

Vulnerability Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Symantec Decomposer, as used in certain Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 and other versions before 5.1.6.31, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed RAR file to the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) port (1344/tcp).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

scan engine, symantec antivirus filtering domino mpe, symantec antivirus network attached storage, symantec antivirus scan engine, symantec antivirus scan engine caching, symantec antivirus scan engine clearswift, symantec antivirus scan engine for microsoft sharepoint, symantec antivirus scan engine for ms isa, symantec antivirus scan engine messaging, symantec mail security for microsoft exchange
Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline

Official Publish: February 28th, 2008
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.