Use-after-free error in ClamAV - CVE-2017-6420
Published: April 25, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12172
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-2017-6420
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ClamAV
Affected software:
ClamAV
ClamAV
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a rmeote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in libclamav/wwunpack.c due to use-after-free error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PE file with WWPack compression, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in libclamav/wwunpack.c due to use-after-free error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PE file with WWPack compression, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6420
Update to version 0.99.3.