{"id":"CVE-2007-4578","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-4578","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:44:00.045Z","title":"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\".","description":"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.","published":"2007-08-28T18:17:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:44:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-189"],"affected":["sophos/anti-virus","sophos/scanning engine","sophos/small business suite"],"epss":{"score":0.07296,"percentile":0.94326,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26580","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26580","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4578","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}