CVE-2019-1789 HIGH

CVE-2019-1789: ClamAV Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product ClamAV
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published November 5, 2019
Last update November 19, 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

ClamAV versions prior to 0.101.2 are susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An out-of-bounds heap read condition may occur when scanning PE files. An example is Windows EXE and DLL files that have been packed using Aspack as a result of inadequate bound-checking.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 5, 2019 CVE published
November 19, 2024 Record updated