Clam AntiVirus PE File Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
CVE-2019-1798

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Cisco
Status
Clamav
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 April 2019

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

What is CVE-2019-1798?

A vulnerability in the Portable Executable (PE) 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 PE files sent an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed PE files to the device running an affected version ClamAV Software. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause an out-of-bounds read condition, resulting in a crash that could result in a denial of service condition on an affected device.

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Affected Version(s)

ClamAV <= 0.101.1

References

https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12262
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
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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

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    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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