ClamAV OLE2 File Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
CVE-2019-1788

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Clamav
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 April 2019

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

A vulnerability in the Object Linking & Embedding (OLE2) file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input and validation checking mechanisms for OLE2 files sent an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed OLE2 files to the device running an affected version ClamAV Software. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause an out-of-bounds write condition, resulting in a crash that could result in a denial of service condition on an affected device.

Affected Version(s)

ClamAV <= 0.101.1

References

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=12166
x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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