Vulnerability in 7-Zip
CVE-2008-6536
Unspecified vulnerability in 7-zip before 4.5.7 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats (c10).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (86.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- 7-Zip — versions 3.13, 4.20, 4.23
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0914/references (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29434 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41247 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/43649 (vdb-entry)
- www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28285 (vdb-entry)
- www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX1…
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-6536?
- CVE-2008-6536 is a vulnerability in 7-Zip. Published 2009-03-30.
- Is CVE-2008-6536 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.