Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-3177

Description

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.

Affected products

Sophos/Es1000
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:es1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Sophos/Es4000
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:es4000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Sophos/Anti Virus
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Sophos/Sophos Puremessage Anti Virus
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_puremessage_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

secunia.com/advisories/31037nvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30110nvd
www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/42245.htmlnvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2053/referencesnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43703nvd

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