CVE-2008-3688

7.5 highEPSS 3.0%

High (7.5) in havp http antivirus proxy. EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

sockethandler.cpp in HTTP Antivirus Proxy (HAVP) 0.88 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) by connecting to a non-responsive server, which triggers an infinite loop due to an uninitialized variable.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-908
Published: 2008-08-14
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

havp:http_antivirus_proxy

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31494
http://secunia.com/advisories/31971
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-11.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30697
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020900

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