CVE-2008-3177
Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure...
Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments.
- Record
CVE-2008-3177- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-16
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments.
- Record
CVE-2008-3177- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-3167 No score
Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments.
- Record
EUVD-2008-3167- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g2gm-pxjg-4f7v No score
Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure...
Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments.
- Record
GHSA-g2gm-pxjg-4f7v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-3177 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Sophos Anti-virus, published July 15, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.13%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securitytracker.com/id?1020462
securityfocus.com/bid/30110
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2053/references
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43703
sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss
secunia.com/advisories/31037
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3177
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2gm-pxjg-4f7v