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CVE-2017-6418

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

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.

Affected products

• Cisco ClamAV: 0.99.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100154
• https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11797
• 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
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100154
• https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11797
• 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

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