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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-15378
Clam AntiVirus unmew11() Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00014.html
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12170
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/83000/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-1/
- https://www.flexera.com/company/secunia-research/advisories/SR-2018-23.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
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Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 15th, 2018
Last Modified:
November 26th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H