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CVE-2019-1789
Published:November 05, 2019
Updated:July 21, 2026
ClamAV versions prior to 0.101.2 are susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An out-of-bounds heap read condition may occur when scanning PE files. An example is Windows EXE and DLL files that have been packed using Aspack as a result of inadequate bound-checking.
Related Resources (6)
https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-devel/commit/ad0ef25d9b22b8fb698bb4234cb9e2df06112be7
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-1789
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1789
https://blog.clamav.net/2019/03/clamav-01012-and-01003-patches-have.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-1789
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-1789
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-125
Improper Input Validation
CWE-20
EPSS
Base Score:
1.49