7.8

CVE-2017-12380: clamav NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-12380UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12380DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12380
Published 26-01-2018Last modified 02-12-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-12380 is a high (CVSS 7.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in clamav. EPSS estimates a 5.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4

Timeline

  1. 26-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-12-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation checking mechanisms in mbox.c during certain mail parsing functions of the ClamAV software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email to the affected device. An exploit could trigger a NULL pointer dereference condition when ClamAV scans the malicious email, which may result in a DoS condition.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.12% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.clamav.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Alpine1 product
  • clamav< 0.99.3-r0
Clamav1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • clamav< 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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