CVE-2007-6745 Denial of service in clamav
A floating point exception in ClamAV's OLE2 scanner allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-6745?
CVE-2007-6745 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 7 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
clamav 0.91.2 suffers from a floating point exception when using ScanOLE2.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6745?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Clamav Clamav, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6745?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-6745 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6745 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6745, GHSA-x9fv-8cwx-6m58.