# CVE-2008-6536: Unspecified vulnerability in 7-zip before 4.5.7 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suit

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-03-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in 7-zip before 4.5.7 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats (c10).

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0914/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29434
- http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41247
- http://osvdb.org/43649
- http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28285
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf

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