VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-2973
Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR archive.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 3.44%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR archive.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.44% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- avira/antivir · avira/av pack
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528Patch
- http://osvdb.org/36711
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25417Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.012%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20TAR%20parsing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470042/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24239
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018137
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34557
- http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528Patch
- http://osvdb.org/36711
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25417Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.012%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20TAR%20parsing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470042/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24239
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018137
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34557
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.