CVE-2018-15378
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 1.6%clamav - security update
Published: 10/15/2018Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-15378DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15378
Description
A vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.100.2 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to an error related to the MEW unpacker within the "unmew11()" function (libclamav/mew.c), which can be exploited to trigger an invalid read memory access via a specially crafted EXE file.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/clamavfrom 0, < 0.100.2-r0
- Debian/clamavfrom 0, < 0.100.2+dfsg-1
- Debian/clamavfrom 0, < 0.100.2+dfsg-0+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |