CVE-2017-12375 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions 0.99.2 and prior, affecting various ClamAV and Debian Linux distributions. It stems from insufficient input validation in mail parsing functions, specifically rfc2047 in mbox.c. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this with a crafted email, leading to a buffer overflow and causing a high-severity DoS (CVSS 7.5). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.99.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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