CVE-2019-15961
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software Email Parsing Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Jan 15, 2020
- Updated
- Nov 15, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 6, 2019
Description
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 inefficient MIME parsing routines that result in extremely long scan times of specially formatted email files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to scan the crafted email file indefinitely, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | cisco |
Weaknesses
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ClamAVClamAV |
|
References
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12380vendor-advisory
- https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvr56010vendor-advisory
- USN-4230-2vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200218 [SECURITY] [DLA 2108-1] clamav security updatemailing-list
- GLSA-202003-46vendor-advisory
Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.