CVE-2019-1785
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
Description
A vulnerability in the RAR file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and 0.101.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper error-handling mechanisms when processing nested RAR files sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted RAR file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to view or create arbitrary files on the targeted system.
How to fix CVE-2019-1785
To remediate CVE-2019-1785, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.101.2+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.101.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-1785 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.101.2+dfsg-1
- from 0, < 0.101.2-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |