CVE-2017-12375
The ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to…
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- cisco
Description
The 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 a lack of input validation checking mechanisms during certain mail parsing functions (the rfc2047 function in mbox.c). An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email to the affected device. This action could cause a buffer overflow condition when ClamAV scans the malicious email, allowing the attacker to potentially cause a DoS condition on an affected device.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- buffer overflow
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior
- affected ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior
References (5)
- USN-3550-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3550-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180128 [SECURITY] [DLA 1261-1] clamav security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11940 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://blog.clamav.net/2018/01/clamav-0993-has-been-released.html (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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