What is CVE-2018-0361?

CVE-2018-0361 is a low-severity vulnerability in Clamav, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2018-07-16.

How severe is CVE-2018-0361?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Clamav

CVE-2018-0361

ClamAV before 0.100.1 lacks a PDF object length check, resulting in an unreasonably long time to parse a relatively small file.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-07-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Clamav
Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Clamav Before 0.100.1 Unknown — versions ClamAV before 0.100.1 unknown

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1041367 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
blog.clamav.net/2018/07/clamav-01001-has-been-released.html (Vendor Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00020.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0361?: CVE-2018-0361 is a low-severity vulnerability in Clamav, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2018-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-0361?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.