CVE-2009-1371: clamav Improper Input Validation

Modified

AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-1371

Published 23-04-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1371 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in clamav. EPSS estimates a 3.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk

21/100

0100

Low · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

5.0/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

3.42%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1

DSA-1771-1

Timeline

23-04-2009
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
07-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The CLI_ISCONTAINED macro in libclamav/others.h in ClamAV before 0.95.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed file with UPack encoding.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.05.0

EPSS trend

Probability

3.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.42% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected systems

Clamav1 product

clamav≤ 0.95 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.8_:rc3 | 0.9_rc1 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.14:pre | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.60p | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.67-1 | 0.68 | 0.68.1 | 0.70 | 0.70:rc | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.75.1 | 0.80 | 0.80:rc4 | 0.80_rc | 0.80_rc1 | 0.80_rc2 | 0.80_rc3 | 0.81 | 0.81_rc1 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.84_rc1 | 0.84_rc2 | 0.85 | 0.85.1 | 0.86 | 0.86.1 | 0.86.2 | 0.86_rc1 | 0.87 | 0.87.1 | 0.88 | 0.88.1 | 0.88.2 | 0.88.3 | 0.88.4 | 0.88.5 | 0.88.6 | 0.88.7 | 0.88.7_p0 | 0.88.7_p1 | 0.90 | 0.90.1 | 0.90.1_p0 | 0.90.2 | 0.90.2_p0 | 0.90.3 | 0.90.3_p0 | 0.90.3_p1 | 0.90_rc1 | 0.90_rc1.1 | 0.90_rc2 | 0.90_rc3 | 0.91 | 0.91.1 | 0.91.2 | 0.91.2_p0 | 0.91_rc1 | 0.91_rc2 | 0.92 | 0.92.1 | 0.92_p0 | 0.93 | 0.93.1 | 0.93.2 | 0.93.3 | 0.94 | 0.94.1 | 0.94.2 | 0.95:src1 | 0.95:src2

Debian1 product

clamav< 0.95.1+dfsg-1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

17 links

osvdb.org/53602VDB EntryX Refsource OSVDB
www.securitytracker.com/id?1022028VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
secunia.com/advisories/34716Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
svn.clamav.net/websvn/filedetails.php?repname=clamav-devel&path=%2Ftrunk%2FChangeLog&rev=5032X Refsource CONFIRM
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:097Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
secunia.com/advisories/34612Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-756-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource APPLE
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0985VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1771Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN

Show all 17 references

secunia.com/advisories/34654Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/34446VDB EntryX Refsource BIDPatch
support.apple.com/kb/HT3865X Refsource CONFIRM
secunia.com/advisories/36701Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
launchpad.net/bugs/360502X Refsource CONFIRM
wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1552X Refsource CONFIRM
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1371Advisory