CVE-2017-12375

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    CVE-2017-12375

    Published: 26 Jan 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input validation checking mechanisms during certain mail parsing functions (the rfc2047 function in mbox.c). An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email to the affected device. This action could cause a buffer overflow condition when ClamAV scans the malicious email, allowing the attacker to potentially cause a DoS condition on an affected device.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3550-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3550-2/, http://blog.clamav.net/2018/01/clamav-0993-has-been-released.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00035.html, https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11940

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    clamav-0.99.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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