CVE-2016-1405

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

libclamav in ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus), as used in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices before 9.7.0-125 and Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices before 9.0.1-135 and 9.1.x before 9.1.1-041, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (AMP process restart) via a crafted document, aka Bug IDs CSCuv78533 and CSCuw60503.

Affected products

Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA): 9.6.0-042
Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA): 8.8.0-085, 9.1.0-070, 9.5.0-284
Cisco ClamAV: all versions

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160531-wsa-esa
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90968
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035993
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035994
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3093-1
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/blob/master/ChangeLog
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160531-wsa-esa
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90968
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035993
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035994
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3093-1
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/blob/master/ChangeLog

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