VDB-82802 · SA16180 · OSVDB 18258

Clam Antivirus CHM File memory corruption

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6.3$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Clam Antivirus. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component CHM File Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Clam Antivirus (Anti-Malware Software) (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component CHM File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/24/2005 by Neel Mehta and Alex Wheeler (Website). The advisory is available at rem0te.com. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/24/2018).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (18258†) and Secunia (SA16180†). The entries VDB-25935 and VDB-82803 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/24/2005 🔍
07/25/2005 +1 days 🔍
04/25/2016 +3926 days 🔍
10/24/2018 +912 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: rem0te.com
Researcher: Neel Mehta, Alex Wheeler
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82802
Secunia: 16180
OSVDB: 18258 - Clam AntiVirus CHM File Processing Filename Overflow

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/25/2016 16:38
Updated: 10/24/2018 10:10
Changes: 04/25/2016 16:38 (40), 10/24/2018 10:10 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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