Medium
Security advisory
A vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.100.2 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to an error related to the MEW unpacker within the "unmew11()" function (libclamav/mew.c), which can be exploited to trigger an invalid read memory access via a specially crafted EXE file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-15378
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.100.2 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to an error related to the MEW unpacker within the "unmew11()" function (libclamav/mew.c), which can be exploited to trigger an invalid read memory access via a specially crafted EXE file.
osv:CVE-2018-15378
Complete source record
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"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/",
"https://www.flexera.com/company/secunia-research/advisories/SR-2018-23.html",
"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/83000/",
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