CVE-2017-12376

Publication date 29 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or potentially execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation checking mechanisms when handling Portable Document Format (.pdf) files sent to an affected device. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted .pdf file to an affected device. This action could cause a handle_pdfname (in pdf.c) buffer overflow when ClamAV scans the malicious file, allowing the attacker to cause a DoS condition or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
clamav 17.10 artful
Fixed 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3550-2
    • ClamAV vulnerabilities
    • 5 February 2018
    • USN-3550-1
    • ClamAV vulnerabilities
    • 30 January 2018

Other references