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    CVE-2007-4578

    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:Aug 28, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Aug 28, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.09343
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Anti-virus
    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Scanning Engine
    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Small Business Suite

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    CVE-2008-6903 (CVSS 4.3) — Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18, Anti-Virus for OS X be…
    CVE-2008-5541 (CVSS 9.3) — Sophos Anti-Virus 4.33.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection o…
    CVE-2008-1737 (CVSS 6.9) — Sophos Anti-Virus 7.0.5, and other 7.x versions, when Runtime Behavioural Analysis is enabled, allows local us…
    CVE-2007-4512 (CVSS 4.3) — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 6.x before 6.5.8 and 7.x before 7.0.…
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    CVE-2006-5646 (CVSS 5) — Heap-based buffer overflow in Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux befor…

    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/26580
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608
    http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428
    http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972
    http://secunia.com/advisories/26580
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608
    http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428
    http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High