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CVE-2007-4578

Published: Aug 28, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4578
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file, resulting from an integer cast around. NOTE: as of 20070828, the vendor says this is a DoS and the researcher says this allows code execution, but the researcher is reliable.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Anti-virusSophos3.4.6 (including)3.4.6 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.78 (including)3.78 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.78d (including)3.78d (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.79 (including)3.79 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.80 (including)3.80 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.81 (including)3.81 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.82 (including)3.82 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.83 (including)3.83 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.84 (including)3.84 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.85 (including)3.85 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.86 (including)3.86 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.90 (including)3.90 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.91 (including)3.91 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.95 (including)3.95 (including)
Anti-virusSophos3.96.0 (including)3.96.0 (including)
Anti-virusSophos4.03 (including)4.03 (including)
Anti-virusSophos4.04 (including)4.04 (including)
Anti-virusSophos4.05 (including)4.05 (including)
Anti-virusSophos4.5.3 (including)4.5.3 (including)
Anti-virusSophos4.5.4 (including)4.5.4 (including)
Anti-virusSophos4.5.11 (including)4.5.11 (including)
Anti-virusSophos4.5.12 (including)4.5.12 (including)
Anti-virusSophos4.7.1 (including)4.7.1 (including)
Anti-virusSophos4.7.2 (including)4.7.2 (including)
Anti-virusSophos5.0.1 (including)5.0.1 (including)
Anti-virusSophos5.0.2 (including)5.0.2 (including)
Anti-virusSophos5.0.4 (including)5.0.4 (including)
Anti-virusSophos5.0.9 (including)5.0.9 (including)
Anti-virusSophos5.1 (including)5.1 (including)
Anti-virusSophos5.2 (including)5.2 (including)
Anti-virusSophos5.2.1 (including)5.2.1 (including)
Anti-virusSophos6.5 (including)6.5 (including)
Scanning_engineSophos2.30.4 (including)2.30.4 (including)
Scanning_engineSophos2.40.2 (including)2.40.2 (including)
Small_business_suiteSophos4.04 (including)4.04 (including)
Small_business_suiteSophos4.05 (including)4.05 (including)

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