CVE-2014-9050

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cli_scanpe function in libclamav/pe.c in ClamAV before 0.98.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted y0da Crypter PE file.

Affected products

Cisco ClamAV: through 0.94.3; 0.01, 0.02, 0.3, 0.03, 0.05, 0.8-rc3 (+92)

References

http://blog.clamav.net/2014/11/clamav-0985-has-been-released.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144979.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59645
http://secunia.com/advisories/62542
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/22/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71242
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031268
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2423-1
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/commit/fc3794a54d2affe5770c1f876484a871c783e91e

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