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Unscored USN-3550-1 7 CVEs

clamav vulnerabilities

Published Jan 30, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mail
messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-12374, CVE-2017-12375, CVE-2017-12379, CVE-2017-12380)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-12376)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mew
packet files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2017-12377)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain TAR
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-12378)

In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the ClamAV
AppArmor profile.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS clamav 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS clamav 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Vulnerabilities 7

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12374
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12375
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12376
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12377
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12378
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12379
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12380