CVE-2018-0361 Denial of service in ClamAV before 0.100.1 unknown
Attackers can cause excessive CPU consumption and service unavailability by submitting small PDF files to ClamAV.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-0361?
CVE-2018-0361 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 16 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
ClamAV before 0.100.1 lacks a PDF object length check, resulting in an unreasonably long time to parse a relatively small file.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0361?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Clamav Clamav, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0361?
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-2018-0361 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0361 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-0361, CLEANSTART-2026-PH79520, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-0361, GHSA-6v8f-c4v7-qcfg, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0361.