4.3

CVE-2018-0361: clamav Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-0361UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0361DEBIAN-CVE-2018-0361
Published 16-07-2018Last modified 29-11-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-0361 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in clamav. EPSS estimates a 1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.60%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 6

Timeline

  1. 16-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ClamAV before 0.100.1 lacks a PDF object length check, resulting in an unreasonably long time to parse a relatively small file.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 1.62% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Alpine1 product
  • clamav< 0.100.1-r0
Clamav1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • clamav< 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

4 vendors · 5 products

References

10 links