Off-by-one error in the icon_cb function in pe_icons.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.96.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Description

Off-by-one error in the icon_cb function in pe_icons.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.96.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.8% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (23)

• 42555 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3137 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-18564 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659861 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-1031-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3185 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1024818 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101203 clamav 0.96.5 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/cve-2010-4261-clamav-icon_cb-off-by-one/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 42523 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2344 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-18568 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 42426 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 42720 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101203 Re: clamav 0.96.5 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:249 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=master (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 45152 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101203 Re: clamav 0.96.5 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:34 UTC.