CVE-2018-0360 — ClamAV before 0

ClamAV before 0.100.1 has an HWP integer overflow with a resultant infinite loop via a crafted Hangul Word Processor file. This is in parsehwp3_paragraph() in libclamav/hwp.c.

01What is this vulnerability?

ClamAV before 0.100.1 has an HWP integer overflow with a resultant infinite loop via a crafted Hangul Word Processor file. This is in parsehwp3_paragraph() in libclamav/hwp.c.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / ClamAV before 0.100.1 unknown	ClamAV before 0.100.1 unknown

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-07-16T17:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-11-29T14:55:17.564Z

09References

• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041367
• blog.clamav.net — https://blog.clamav.net/2018/07/clamav-01001-has-been-released.html
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3722-1/
• secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com — https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-12/
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3722-2/
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00020.html
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12