Out-of-bounds read in ClamAV - CVE-2018-0202

 

Out-of-bounds read in ClamAV - CVE-2018-0202

Published: March 28, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11302
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0202
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 attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper input validation checking mechanisms when handling Portable Document Format files. A remote attacker can send a specially .pdf file, trigger out-of-bounds read and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-0202

Update to version 0.99.4.

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