# CVE-2008-3244: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-07-21 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/31118
- http://www.f-prot.com/download/ReleaseNotesWindows.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2124/references
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_fprot_out-of-bound_memory_access_DoS.php
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020507
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30253
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43835

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