CVE-2008-6662
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial...
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.
- Record
CVE-2008-6662- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.
- Record
CVE-2008-6662- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-6624 No score
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.
- Record
EUVD-2008-6624- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wc73-rr9q-gxr5 No score
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial...
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.
- Record
GHSA-wc73-rr9q-gxr5- Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2008-6662 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Avg Anti-virus, published April 7, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.35%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=122893196715523&w=2
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47254
securityfocus.com/bid/32749
osvdb.org/51962
ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08014.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6662
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wc73-rr9q-gxr5