Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18, Anti-Virus for OS X before 4.9.18, Anti-Virus for Linux before 6.4.5, Anti-Virus for UNIX before 7.0.5, Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware before 4.37.0, Sophos EM Library, and Sophos small business solutions, when CAB archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a "fuzzed" CAB archive file, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18:*:windows-nt:*:*:*:*:* | 4.7.18 | Vulnerable | Sophos |
| cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18:*:windows_9x:*:*:*:*:* | 4.7.18 | Vulnerable | Sophos |
| cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.9.18:*:os_x:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9.18 | Vulnerable | Sophos |
| cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.37.0:*:netware:*:*:*:*:* | 4.37.0 | Vulnerable | Sophos |
| cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:6.4.5:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | 6.4.5 | Vulnerable | Sophos |
| cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:7.0.5:*:unix:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.5 | Vulnerable | Sophos |
| cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus7.6.3:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | Sophos |
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18:*:windows-nt:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.18 Vulnerable ·Sophos
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.18:*:windows_9x:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.7.18 Vulnerable ·Sophos
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.9.18:*:os_x:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9.18 Vulnerable ·Sophos
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.37.0:*:netware:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.37.0 Vulnerable ·Sophos
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:6.4.5:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4.5 Vulnerable ·Sophos
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:7.0.5:*:unix:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.5 Vulnerable ·Sophos
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus7.6.3:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Sophos
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-6903
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5h67-gj5j-53f7
References
Patch 2
Advisory 1
More Sophos Anti-virus vulnerabilities
- TI-2008-06592 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sophos SAVScan 4.33.0 for Linux, and possibly… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-05257 Sophos Anti-Virus 4.33.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2006-05451 Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2007-04430 Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2007-04431 Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2006-05450 Heap-based buffer overflow in Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2008-6903 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-6903 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5h67-gj5j-53f7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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