CVE-2017-12379

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    CVE-2017-12379

    Published: 26 Jan 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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 or potentially execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation checking mechanisms in the message parsing function on an affected system. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email to the affected device. This action could cause a messageAddArgument (in message.c) buffer overflow condition when ClamAV scans the malicious email, allowing the attacker to potentially cause a DoS condition or execute arbitrary code 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=11944

    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