#VU10318 Null pointer dereference in ClamAV - CVE-2017-12380
Published: January 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10318
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12380
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ClamAV
ClamAV
Software vendor:
ClamAV
ClamAV
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to input validation checking mechanisms during parsing the rfc2047 function in mbox.c during certain mail parsing functions. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email, trigger a NULL pointer dereference condition and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to input validation checking mechanisms during parsing the rfc2047 function in mbox.c during certain mail parsing functions. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email, trigger a NULL pointer dereference condition and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 0.99.3.