Out-of-bounds read in ClamAV - CVE-2017-6418

 

Out-of-bounds read in ClamAV - CVE-2017-6418

Published: April 25, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12171
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-2017-6418
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 rmeote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in libclamav/message.c due to out-of-bounds read. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted e-mail message, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6418

Update to version 0.99.3.

Sources