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High · 7.5 CVE-2019-1786 EUVD-2019-10343GHSA-gr4q-p783-ch2p

Clam AntiVirus PDF Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

Published Apr 8, 2019 · Updated Nov 19, 2024 · Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the Portable Document Format (PDF) scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and 0.101.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper data handling mechanisms within the device buffer while indexing remaining file data on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted PDF files to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an out-of-bounds read condition, resulting in a crash that could result in a denial of service condition on an affected device.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco ClamAV 0.101.1, 0.101.0 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 clamav 0.101.2+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 clamav 0.101.2+dfsg-1 —
Debian 12 clamav 0.101.2+dfsg-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP2 clamav 0.103.0-3.23.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3790-1
SLES 15 SP1 clamav 0.103.0-3.23.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3790-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed clamav 0.103.3-1.4 openSUSE-SU-2024:10685-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 clamav 0.103.0-lp152.6.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2276-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 clamav 0.103.0-lp151.2.12.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2268-1

Advisories 4

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