CVE-2016-1371

MEDIUM

ClamAV <0.99.2 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus) before 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted mew packer executable.

References (5)

[Vendor Advisory] http://blog.clamav.net/2016/05/clamav-0992-has-been-released.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93222

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3093-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11514

[Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory] https://foxglovesecurity.com/2016/06/13/finding-pearls-fuzzing-clamav/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0052

EPSS Percentile 66.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-284

Status published

Affected Products (5)

canonical/ubuntu_linux

clamav/clamav < 0.99.1

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Oct 03, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026