medium
4.3
CWE
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Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2007-3725: Null Pointer Dereference

First published: Thu Jul 12 2007(Updated: )

The RAR VM (unrarvm.c) in Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) before 0.91 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted RAR archive, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
ClamXAV=0.24
ClamXAV=0.20
ClamXAV=0.84
ClamXAV=0.80
ClamXAV=0.84_rc1
ClamXAV=0.15
ClamXAV=0.90
ClamXAV=0.80_rc3
ClamXAV=0.80_rc4
ClamXAV=0.65
ClamXAV=0.75
ClamXAV=0.68
ClamXAV=0.71
ClamXAV=0.88.3
ClamXAV=0.88.7
ClamXAV=0.86.1
ClamXAV=0.82
ClamXAV=0.88.1
ClamXAV=0.73
ClamXAV=0.72
ClamXAV=0.85.1
ClamXAV=0.87
ClamXAV=0.86_rc1
ClamXAV=0.85
ClamXAV=0.80_rc1
ClamXAV=0.74
ClamXAV=0.75.1
ClamXAV=0.86.2
ClamXAV=0.67
ClamXAV=0.81
ClamXAV=0.21
ClamXAV=0.81_rc1
ClamXAV=0.54
ClamXAV=0.88.6
ClamXAV=0.53
ClamXAV=0.70
ClamXAV=0.90_rc1.1
ClamXAV=0.60p
ClamXAV=0.90_rc2
ClamXAV=0.90_rc3
ClamXAV=0.80_rc2
ClamXAV=0.88.5
ClamXAV=0.60
ClamXAV=0.86
ClamXAV=0.83
ClamXAV=0.68.1
ClamXAV=0.88
ClamXAV=0.87.1
ClamXAV=0.88.4
ClamXAV=0.84_rc2
ClamXAV=0.51
ClamXAV=0.23
ClamXAV=0.52
ClamXAV=0.22
ClamAV=0.15
ClamAV=0.20
ClamAV=0.21
ClamAV=0.22
ClamAV=0.23
ClamAV=0.24
ClamAV=0.51
ClamAV=0.52
ClamAV=0.53
ClamAV=0.54
ClamAV=0.60
ClamAV=0.60p
ClamAV=0.65
ClamAV=0.67
ClamAV=0.68
ClamAV=0.68.1
ClamAV=0.70
ClamAV=0.71
ClamAV=0.72
ClamAV=0.73
ClamAV=0.74
ClamAV=0.75
ClamAV=0.75.1
ClamAV=0.80
ClamAV=0.80_rc1
ClamAV=0.80_rc2
ClamAV=0.80_rc3
ClamAV=0.80_rc4
ClamAV=0.81
ClamAV=0.81_rc1
ClamAV=0.82
ClamAV=0.83
ClamAV=0.84
ClamAV=0.84_rc1
ClamAV=0.84_rc2
ClamAV=0.85
ClamAV=0.85.1
ClamAV=0.86
ClamAV=0.86.1
ClamAV=0.86.2
ClamAV=0.86_rc1
ClamAV=0.87
ClamAV=0.87.1
ClamAV=0.88
ClamAV=0.88.1
ClamAV=0.88.3
ClamAV=0.88.4
ClamAV=0.88.5
ClamAV=0.88.6
ClamAV=0.88.7
ClamAV=0.90
ClamAV=0.90_rc1.1
ClamAV=0.90_rc2
ClamAV=0.90_rc3

Remedy

http://www.metaeye.org/advisories/54

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2007-3725?

    CVE-2007-3725 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability due to a NULL pointer dereference in Clam Antivirus.

  • How do I fix CVE-2007-3725?

    To fix CVE-2007-3725, upgrade ClamAV to version 0.91 or later.

  • Which versions of ClamAV are affected by CVE-2007-3725?

    CVE-2007-3725 affects ClamAV versions before 0.91, including 0.15 to 0.90.

  • What kind of attack can exploit CVE-2007-3725?

    CVE-2007-3725 can be exploited by user-assisted remote attackers through crafted RAR archives.

  • What symptoms indicate an exploit of CVE-2007-3725?

    Symptoms of an exploit of CVE-2007-3725 include crashes in ClamAV when processing specific RAR files.

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