CVE-2018-15378
Published: 8 October 2018
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.
Priority
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.5 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15378
- https://blog.clamav.net/2018/10/clamav-01002-has-been-released.html
- http://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-announce/2018/000033.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3789-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3789-2
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian