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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

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
clamav
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (0.100.2)
trusty
Released (0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.1)
xenial
Released (0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.1)
bionic
Released (0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1)

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