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High USN-4230-1 1 CVE

clamav vulnerability

Published Jan 8, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain MIME messages. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS clamav 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS clamav 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2019-15961

    Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software Email Parsing Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the email parsing module Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0, 0.101.4 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to ineffici…

    clamav clamav clamav clamav Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15961