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High USN-3940-1 3 CVEs

clamav vulnerabilities

Published Apr 8, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PDF
documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1787)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain OLE2
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-2019-1788)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PE
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1789)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS clamav 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS clamav 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS clamav 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 7.5

    Clam AntiVirus PDF Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Portable Document Format (PDF) scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The…

  • High 7.5

    ClamAV OLE2 File Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Object Linking & Embedding (OLE2) file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. T…

  • High 7.5

    ClamAV Denial of Service Vulnerability

    ClamAV versions prior to 0.101.2 are susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An out-of-bounds heap read condition may occur when scanning PE files. An example is Windows EXE and DLL files that have been packed using Aspack as a result of inade…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1787
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1788
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1789