CVE-2017-12380 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior, as well as Debian distributions. The vulnerability stems from improper input validation in mbox.c during mail parsing, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by sending a crafted email. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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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