CVE-2010-1639 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash ClamAV by sending a malformed PDF file due to stream length inconsistencies, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-1639?
CVE-2010-1639 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 26 May 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The cli_pdf function in libclamav/pdf.c in ClamAV before 0.96.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PDF file, related to an inconsistency in the calculated stream length and the real stream length.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1639?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clamav Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1639?
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-2010-1639 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1639 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1639, GHSA-wpfp-x7v8-4gqm.