CVE-2017-12379

N/A
Published: January 26, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:03 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxClamAV

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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 or potentially execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation checking mechanisms in the message parsing function on an affected system. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email to the affected device. This action could cause a messageAddArgument (in message.c) buffer overflow condition when ClamAV scans the malicious email, allowing the attacker to potentially cause a DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on an affected device.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11944
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00035.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3550-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3550-2/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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