CVE-2008-3244
The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to...
The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a CHM file with a large nb_dir value that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a CHM file with a large nb_dir value that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
- Record
CVE-2008-3244- 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
The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a CHM file with a large nb_dir value that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
- Record
CVE-2008-3244- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-3232 No score
The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a CHM file with a large nb_dir value that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
- Record
EUVD-2008-3232- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3cqf-vpcc-4f22 No score
The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to...
The scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a CHM file with a large nb_dir value that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
- Record
GHSA-3cqf-vpcc-4f22- 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-2008-3244 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in F-prot Antivirus, published July 21, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.21%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
secunia.com/advisories/31118
f-prot.com/download/ReleaseNotesWindows.txt
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2124/references
nruns.com/security_advisory_fprot_out-of-bound_memory_access_DoS.php
securitytracker.com/id?1020507
securityfocus.com/bid/30253
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43835
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3244
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3cqf-vpcc-4f22