Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32421

Resource management error in ClamAV - CVE-2015-2221

Published: May 12, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32421

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2221

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

ClamAV before 0.98.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted y0da cryptor file.

ClamAV
clamav (Alpine package)

Install update from vendor's website.

ClamAV - update to 0.98.7
clamav (Alpine package) - update to 0.98.7-r0