CVE-2019-15961
moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-15
A vulnerability in the email parsing module Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0, 0.101.4 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inefficient MIME parsing routines that result in extremely long scan times of specially formatted email files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to scan the crafted email file indefinitely, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Do I need to act?
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2.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (7)
Email Security Appliance Firmware
Email Security Appliance Firmware
References (10)
Third Party Advisory
https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvr56010
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-46
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4230-2/
Third Party Advisory
https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvr56010
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-46
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4230-2/
45
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
5/34 · Minimal
Exposure
14/34 · Moderate