CVE-2018-15378 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12170 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00014.html https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/83000/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/ https://www.flexera.com/company/secunia-research/advisories/SR-2018-23.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5