CVE-2010-1311 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted CAB archive exploiting memory corruption in the ClamAV library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-1311?
CVE-2010-1311 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 8 Apr 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The qtm_decompress function in libclamav/mspack.c in ClamAV before 0.96 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted CAB archive that uses the Quantum (aka .Q) compression format. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1311?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Clamav Clamav, Clamavs Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1311?
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-2010-1311 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1311 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1311, GHSA-vhq4-v6r5-87qq.