Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-15378
CVE-2018-15378
Description
A vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.100.2 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to an error related to the MEW unpacker within the "unmew11()" function (libclamav/mew.c), which can be exploited to trigger an invalid read memory access via a specially crafted EXE file.
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Affected products
26cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/clamav&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 0.103.3-1.4+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.3-1.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-3.6.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-0.20.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-0.20.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-0.20.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-0.20.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-0.20.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.100.2-33.18.1
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00014.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/83000/nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3789-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.flexera.com/company/secunia-research/advisories/SR-2018-23.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
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