CVE-2017-12380: clamav NULL Pointer Dereference
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.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4Timeline
- 26-01-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-12-2024Last 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- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.clamav.net)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian2 products
- clamav< 0.99.3~beta2+dfsg-1
- debian_linuxEOL7.0
Alpine1 product
- clamav< 0.99.3-r0
Clamav1 product
- clamav≤ 0.99.2
Ubuntu1 product
- clamav< 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
4 vendors · 5 products
References
11 links- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00035.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory
- blog.clamav.net/2018/01/clamav-0993-has-been-released.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor AdvisoryREPORT