CVE-2019-1787

Public on 2019-04-08
Modified on 2019-05-20
Description
A vulnerability in the Portable Document Format (PDF) scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and prior 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 a heap buffer out-of-bounds read condition, resulting in a crash that could result in a denial of service condition on an affected device.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 clamav 2019-05-16 ALAS-2019-1213 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H