Out-of-bounds Read in Cisco Clamav
CVE-2018-15378
A vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.100.2 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to an error related to the MEW unpacker within the "unmew11()" function (libclamav/mew.c), which can be exploited to trigger an invalid read memory access via a specially crafted EXE file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Clamav — versions unspecified
- Clamav
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00014.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/83000/ (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3789-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.flexera.com/company/secunia-research/advisories/SR-2018-23.html (Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-15378?
- CVE-2018-15378 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Clamav, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-10-15.
- How severe is CVE-2018-15378?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.