CVE-2019-1788

Publication date 3 April 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A vulnerability in the Object Linking & Embedding (OLE2) 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 OLE2 files sent an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed OLE2 files to the device running an affected version ClamAV Software. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause an out-of-bounds write condition, resulting in a crash that could result in a denial of service condition on an affected device.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
clamav 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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