vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-12377)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 26, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 26, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or potentially execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation checking mechanisms in mew packet files sent to an affected device. A successful exploit could cause a heap-based buffer over-read condition in mew.c when ClamAV scans the malicious file, allowing the attacker to cause a DoS condition or potentially execute arbitrary code on the affected device.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-12377
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-12377
- URL-http://blog.clamav.net/2018/01/clamav-0993-has-been-released.html
- URL-https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11943
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00035.html
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201802-1
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/3550-1/
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/3550-2/
- CWE-125
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