cve/2008/CVE-2008-5050.md

### [CVE-2008-5050](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5050)
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### Description

Off-by-one error in the get_unicode_name function (libclamav/vba_extract.c) in Clam Anti-Virus (ClamAV) before 0.94.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VBA project file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4579

#### Github
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