Explain CVE-2008-1389
libclamav/chmunpack.c in the chm-parser in ClamAV before 0.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed CHM file, related to an "invalid memory access."
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '32030', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/32030'}, {'name': '30994', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30994'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-2484', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2484'}, {'name': '31982', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/31982'}, {'name': '31681', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1389-clamav-chd.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2008:018', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=86638&release_id=623661'}, {'name': '31725', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/31725'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:189', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:189'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-9651', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html'}, {'name': '32222', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/32222'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200809-18', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-18.xml'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-22.txt'}, {'name': '1020805', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020805'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-2780', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-2564', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2564'}, {'name': '32699', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/32699'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2008-10-09', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216'}, {'name': '31906', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/31906'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-9644', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1089'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED