Medium severity · published Oct 15, 2018
CVE-2018-15378
A vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.100.2 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition
5.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CL
Clamav · Clamav
before 0.100.2 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15378
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15378
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12170
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00014.html
Permissions Required
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/83000/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/
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