CVE-2003-0946 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via format string vulnerabilities in the ClamAV mail filter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2003-0946?
CVE-2003-0946 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 18 Nov 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Format string vulnerability in clamav-milter for Clam AntiVirus 0.60 through 0.60p, and other versions before 0.65, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the email address argument of a "MAIL FROM" command.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0946?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0946?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2003-0946 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0946 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav
- CVE-2008-1100 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2008-0318 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2007-6337 Unspecified vulnerability in the bzip2 decompression algorithm in nsis/bzlib_private.h in ClamAV before 0.92 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
- CVE-2007-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2005-3587 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0946, GHSA-r485-qff8-c9cc.