CVE-2019-15961 HIGH

CVE-2019-15961: Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software Email Parsing Vulnerability

Vendor Clamav
Product ClamAV
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published January 15, 2020
Last update November 15, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 15, 2020 CVE published
November 15, 2024 Record updated