CVE-2017-6418

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    CVE-2017-6418

    Published: 7 Aug 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: libclamav/message.c in ClamAV 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted e-mail message.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100154, https://github.com/varsleak/varsleak-vul/blob/master/clamav-vul/heap-overflow/clamav_email_crash.md, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16, https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11797, https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/commit/586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 5ceae552829ee65c9ecff8ff303b1f2ddfd11576
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.99.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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