Out-of-bounds read in ClamAV - CVE-2018-1000085

 

Out-of-bounds read in ClamAV - CVE-2018-1000085

Published: March 16, 2018 / Updated: March 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11136
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000085
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ClamAV
Affected software:
ClamAV

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the xar_hash_check() function due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted XAR file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds heap memory read and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000085

Install update from vendor's website.

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