CVE-2019-1798CWE-20

Clam AntiVirus PE File Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

High · published April 8, 2019

CVSS v3.0
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the Portable Executable (PE) file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input and validation checking mechanisms for PE files sent an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed PE files to the device running an affected version ClamAV Software. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause an out-of-bounds read condition, resulting in a crash that could result in a denial of service condition on an affected device.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01105 · 65.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2019-04-08T19:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 APR 19:30Z
    Clam AntiVirus PE File Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
    cvelistv5