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CVE-2008-3177

Sophos virus detection engine 2.75 on Linux and Unix, as used in Sophos Email Appliance, Pure Message for Unix, and Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via zero-length MIME attachments.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2008-3177 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from sophos, from sophos, from sophos and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2008-07-15T18:41:00.000

Last Modified

2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-16

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Hardware	sophos	email_appliance	es1000	No
Hardware	sophos	email_appliance	es4000	No
Application	sophos	es1000	*	Yes
Application	sophos	es4000	*	Yes
Application	sophos	sophos_anti-virus	*	Yes
Application	sophos	sophos_puremessage_anti-virus	*	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31037 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30110 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020462 ([email protected])
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2053/references ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43703 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31037 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30110 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020462 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.html?_log_from=rss (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2053/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43703 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For sophos's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.