CVE-2007-0897

7.5
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
3.50%
LOW RiskEPSS (89th percentile)

Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.

Published: 2/16/2007
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

4.3

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

3.50%LOW Exploitation Risk
89th percentile

This vulnerability has a 3.50% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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