#VU25015 Out-of-bounds read in ClamAV - CVE-2020-3123

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#VU25015 Out-of-bounds read in ClamAV - CVE-2020-3123

Published: February 6, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25015
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3123
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ClamAV
Software vendor:
ClamAV

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the Data-Loss-Prevention (DLP) module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) with enabled optional DLP feature. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email to the affected system, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the ClamAV process.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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