CVE-2010-1640

Summary

CVECVE-2010-1640
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-05-26 18:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the parseicon function in libclamav/pe_icons.c in ClamAV 0.96 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PE icon that triggers an out-of-bounds read, related to improper rounding during scaling.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clamav Clamav 0.96 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: off by one DoS in pe_icons.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:110 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
ClamAV 'parseicon()' Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
git.clamav.net Git - clamav-devel.git/blobdiff - libclamav/pe_icons.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.clamav.net
git.clamav.net/gitweb af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.clamav.net
Bug 2031 – icon: invalid read af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wwws.clamav.net
ClamAV Two Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
git.clamav.net Git - clamav-devel.git/blobdiff - libclamav/pe_icons.c MITRE git.clamav.net
CONFIRM:http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git;a=blob_plain;f=ChangeLog;hb=clamav-0.96.1 MITRE git.clamav.net
CVE-2010-1640 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
597358 – (CVE-2010-1640) CVE-2010-1640 Clam AntiVirus: Off-by-one error (DoS, crash) by parsing a specially-crafted PE icon file MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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