CVE-2017-6418
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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
- Related
- Published
- 2017-08-07T03:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-21T04:20:17.115679Z
- 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
-
- https://github.com/varsleak/varsleak-vul/blob/master/clamav-vul/heap-overflow/clamav_email_crash.md
- https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/commit/586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11797
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100154
Affected packages
Git / github.com/cisco-talos/clamav
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
clamav-0.*
clamav-0.96
clamav-0.96.2
clamav-0.96.3
clamav-0.96.4
clamav-0.96.5
clamav-0.96rc1
clamav-0.96rc2
clamav-0.97
clamav-0.97rc
clamav-0.98-dmgxar
clamav-0.99-beta1
Other
merge-llvm-79908
merge-llvm-80601
merge-llvm-83242
merge-llvm-90002
merge-llvm-91214
merge-llvm-91428
merge-llvm-92222
merge-llvm-94539
merge-llvm-97877
r5076
Database specific
vanir_signatures
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