CVE-2015-1461 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute code via crafted packer files due to a heap out-of-bounds error in ClamAV.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-1461?
CVE-2015-1461 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 3 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ClamAV before 0.98.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted (1) Yoda's crypter or (2) mew packer file, related to a "heap out of bounds condition."
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1461?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Clamav Clamav, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1461?
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-2015-1461 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1461 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1461, GHSA-j5ch-w6hm-g2mx, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1461.