CVE-2011-3627 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the ClamAV bytecode engine via recursion vectors, causing 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-2011-3627?
CVE-2011-3627 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 17 Nov 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The bytecode engine in ClamAV before 0.97.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to "recursion level" and (1) libclamav/bytecode.c and (2) libclamav/bytecode_api.c.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3627?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clamav Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2011-3627?
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-2011-3627 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3627 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3627, GHSA-4q2r-2f2p-2pc3.