CVE-2017-12379
ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 12.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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 the message parsing function on an affected system. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email to the affected device. This action could cause a messageAddArgument (in message.c) buffer overflow condition when ClamAV scans the malicious email, allowing the attacker to potentially cause a DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on an affected device.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.5% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior
- affected ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior
References
5
- USN-3550-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3550-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180128 [SECURITY] [DLA 1261-1] clamav security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://blog.clamav.net/2018/01/clamav-0993-has-been-released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11944 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-3952 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-12379)Record last updated .