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CVE-2008-3244· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via

The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a CHM file with a large nb_dir value that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Jul 21, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.2% · 82th percentile
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Action score

18

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
f-protf-prot antivirus
f-protscanning engine

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.11b
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.12
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.12a
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.12b
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.12c
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.12d
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.13
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.13a
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.14
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.14a
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.14b
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.14c
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.14d
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.14e
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.15
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.15a
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.15b
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.16
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.16a
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus3.16b

Same product

f-prot: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2009-1783Multiple FRISK Software F-Prot anti-virus products, including Antivirus for Exchange, Linux on IBM zSeries, Linux x86 File Servers, Linux x8
    41Plan
  • CVE-2006-6293Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code v
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2008-3447The scanning engine in F-Prot Antivirus 6.2.1 4252 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed ZIP
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2008-5747F-Prot 4.6.8 for GNU/Linux allows remote attackers to bypass anti-virus protection via a crafted ELF program with a "corrupted" header that
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2006-6407F-Prot Antivirus for Linux x86 Mail Servers 4.6.6 allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection by inserting invalid characters into bas
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2008-3243Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allow remote attackers to cause
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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