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CVE-2009-1270
libclamav/untar.c in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted TAR file that…
High7.8EPSS 5.1%
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- mitre
Description
libclamav/untar.c in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted TAR file that causes (1) clamd and (2) clamscan to hang.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- clamav-untar-dos(49846) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 34357 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1462 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34716 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 53461 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0934 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- DSA-1771 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090407 Re: CVE request: clamav clamd and clamscan DoS and bypass by malformated archive (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36701 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-754-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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