CVE-2019-1788

Description

A vulnerability in the Object Linking & Embedding (OLE2) file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and prior 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 input and validation checking mechanisms for OLE2 files sent an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed OLE2 files to the device running an affected version ClamAV Software. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause an out-of-bounds write condition, resulting in a crash that could result in a denial of service condition on an affected device.

How to fix CVE-2019-1788

To remediate CVE-2019-1788, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 0.100.3-r0 or later
• —upgrade to 0.101.2+dfsg-1 or later

Is CVE-2019-1788 being exploited?

Moderate — EPSS is 12.7%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 0.100.3-r0
• from 0, < 0.101.2+dfsg-1

CVSS scores

References (2)

• ADVISORYsecurity.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-1788
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-1788