Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-6662
CVE-2008-6662
Description
AVG Anti-Virus for Linux 7.5.51, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed UPX compressed file, which triggers memory corruption.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:avg:avg_anti-virus:7.5.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <=7.5.51
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08014.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32749nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47254nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.osvdb.org/51962nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461nvdBroken Link
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