Description
libclamav in ClamAV before 0.94 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to an out-of-memory condition.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | clamav | 0.94.dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | clamav | 0.94.dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | clamav | 0.94.dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 4.0 | clamav | 0.90.1dfsg-4etch15 | DSA-1660-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1660-1 clamav - denial of service Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 32030 third-party-advisory
- 31051 vdb-entry
- 31982 third-party-advisory
- 31681 vdb-entry
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1141
- [oss-security] 20080904 Re: request for CVE: clamav 0.94 release mailing-list
- SUSE-SR:2008:018 vendor-advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=86638&release_id=623661
- MDVSA-2008:189 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20080903 request for CVE: clamav 0.94 release mailing-list
- FEDORA-2008-9651 vendor-advisory
- 32222 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200809-18 vendor-advisory
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-22.txt
- 1020828 vdb-entry
- DSA-1660 vendor-advisory
- 32424 third-party-advisory
- clamav-libclamav-dos(45056) vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-2780 vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-2564 vdb-entry
- 32699 third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- 31906 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-9644 vendor-advisory
- http://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog