CVE-2018-15378

Clam AntiVirus unmew11() Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Oct 15, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1553-1 clamav security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7256 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3789-1 ClamAV vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3789-2 ClamAV vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Nov 26, 2024, 2:26 PM
Reserved
Aug 17, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 15, 2018, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:42 AM