High severity · published Nov 5, 2019
CVE-2019-12625
ClamAV versions prior to 0.101.3 are susceptible to a zip bomb vulnerability where an unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service condition by sending crafted messages…
7.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ClamAV versions prior to 0.101.3 are susceptible to a zip bomb vulnerability where an unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service condition by sending crafted messages to an affected system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CL
Clamav · Clamav
before 0.101.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12625
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12625
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00078.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00000.html
Mitigation
https://blog.clamav.net/2019/08/clamav-01014-security-patch-release-has.html
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