What is CVE-2007-0897?

CVE-2007-0897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X Server, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2007-02-16.

How severe is CVE-2007-0897?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X Server

CVE-2007-0897

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 2007-02-16 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (88.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.035 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/24187 (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/24192 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
osvdb.org/32283 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
secunia.com/advisories/29420 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/24332 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-0897?: CVE-2007-0897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X Server, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2007-02-16.
How severe is CVE-2007-0897?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.