ClamAV AntiVirus Software Prior to 0.99.2 Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2017-12378 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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 improper input validation checking mechanisms of .tar (Tape Archive) files sent to an affected device. A successful exploit could cause a checksum buffer over-read condition when ClamAV scans the malicious .tar file, potentially allowing the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

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