CVE-2017-6418

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6418
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6418.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6418
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-08-07T03:29:00.227Z
Modified
2026-07-07T19:26:05.991096Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libclamav/message.c in ClamAV 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted e-mail message.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
5ceae552829ee65c9ecff8ff303b1f2ddfd11576
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.99.2"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

clamav-0.*
clamav-0.96
clamav-0.96.2
clamav-0.96.3
clamav-0.96.4
clamav-0.96.5
clamav-0.96rc1
clamav-0.96rc2
clamav-0.97
clamav-0.97rc
clamav-0.99.2
Other
merge-llvm-97877
r5076

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6418.json"

Git / github.com/cisco-talos/clamav

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Affected versions

clamav-0.*
clamav-0.96
clamav-0.96.2
clamav-0.96.3
clamav-0.96.4
clamav-0.96.5
clamav-0.96rc1
clamav-0.96rc2
clamav-0.97
clamav-0.97rc
Other
merge-llvm-97877
r5076

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6418.json"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "digest": {
            "length": 1064.0,
            "function_hash": "8411924773331322618058653145915899983"
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav/commit/586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2017-6418-8e38158c",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "libclamav/message.c",
            "function": "messageFindArgument"
        }
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "81931090794367225593898439055161933938",
                "167980574969179440687084582597496753902",
                "55448340559487015224720964135014407383",
                "38589169098278769608933629461838857826",
                "172726005500348110301429670464002460835",
                "36647451159828582513517242816843091264",
                "192655131298326637061029023059490605418",
                "163648590445410673071781345614646550543",
                "276871485249595305150905337292995692585"
            ]
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav/commit/586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "id": "CVE-2017-6418-9cdcd390",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "libclamav/message.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "length": 1512.0,
            "function_hash": "203584271026814593334015189844539459788"
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav/commit/586a5180287262070637c8943f2f7efd652e4a2c",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2017-6418-ddca6c31",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "libclamav/message.c",
            "function": "messageAddArgument"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-07T19:26:05Z"