Clam AntiVirus Archive Scanning Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:6231

Info

Clam AntiVirus Archive Scanning Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6231
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 22 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 22 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability originally reported in the Clam AntiVirus change log.
Vulnerable: Tomasz Kojm Clam AntiVirus 0.53
Tomasz Kojm Clam AntiVirus 0.52
Tomasz Kojm Clam AntiVirus 0.51
Not Vulnerable: Tomasz Kojm Clam AntiVirus 0.54

Discussion

Clam AntiVirus Archive Scanning Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Clam AntiVirus scanner contains a vulnerabilty that causes the scanner to segfault. This occurs when Clam scans a malformed zip archive.

Exploit / POC

Clam AntiVirus Archive Scanning Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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References

Clam AntiVirus Archive Scanning Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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