CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3688

7.5 HIGH Published 2008-08-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-08-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-908

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• havp http antivirus proxy 0.88

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (4)

  • CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable weakness
  • CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource weakness

References