CVE-2008-3244

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.

Published: 2008-07-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3244 is rated Moderate Risk (45.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.48%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3244

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-08 1.23% 1.48% +0.26%
2 2025-03-30 0.93% 1.23% +0.30%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.93% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3244

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3244

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3244

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2008-3244: 1 GLSA(s) (200904-14), 1 atom(s) (app-antivirus/f-prot); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-3244

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3244

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.11b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.11b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12c cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12d cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.13 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.13a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.13a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14c cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14d cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14e cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.15 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.15a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.15a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.15b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.15b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16c cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16d cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16e cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16f cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 4.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 6.0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 6.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 6.0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 6.0.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 6.0.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 6.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 6.0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 6.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot scanning_engine <= 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:scanning_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3244

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