What is CVE-2019-12625?

CVE-2019-12625 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Clamav, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-12625?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Clamav

CVE-2019-12625

ClamAV versions prior to 0.101.3 are susceptible to a zip bomb vulnerability where an unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service condition by sending crafted messages to an affected system.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.021 (84.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Clamav — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

blog.clamav.net/2019/08/clamav-01014-security-patch-release-has.html (x_refsource_MISC)
openSUSE-SU-2019:2595 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
openSUSE-SU-2019:2597 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12625?: CVE-2019-12625 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Clamav, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-12625?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.