CVE-2017-6418

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6418
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6418.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6418
Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (2)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (2)
Published
2017-08-07T03:29:00Z
Modified
2026-07-08T11:36:05Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libclamav/message.c in ClamAV 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted e-mail message.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/cisco-talos/clamav

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav
Events
Introduced
5ceae552829ee65c9ecff8ff303b1f2ddfd11576
Last Affected
5ceae552829ee65c9ecff8ff303b1f2ddfd11576
Fixed
586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0.99.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "0.99.2"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.99.2
clamav-0.*
clamav-0.99.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6418.json"
vanir_signatures 
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    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "8411924773331322618058653145915899983",
            "length":  1064
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2017-6418-8e38158c",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav/commit/586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "libclamav/message.c",
            "function":  "messageFindArgument"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "line_hashes":  [
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                "276871485249595305150905337292995692585"
            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2017-6418-9cdcd390",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav/commit/586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "libclamav/message.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "203584271026814593334015189844539459788",
            "length":  1512
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2017-6418-ddca6c31",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav/commit/586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "libclamav/message.c",
            "function":  "messageAddArgument"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T11:36:05Z"