Is CVE-2007-1997 actively exploited?

CVE-2007-1997 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-1997?

CVE-2007-1997 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2007-1997?

Patch guidance is available from clam anti-virus security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2007-1997.

CVE-2007-1997 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2007-1997?

6 products: clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, and 1 more.

Description

Integer signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract functions in libclamav/cab.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.90.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file that contains a negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: CLAM_ANTI-VIRUS
Published: 4/16/2007
Last Modified: 4/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

clam_anti-virus : clamavclam_anti-virus : clamavclam_anti-virus : clamavclam_anti-virus : clamavclam_anti-virus : clamavclam_anti-virus : clamav

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD