Out-of-Bounds Affecting clamav-1.5 package, versions <1.5.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.55% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-CLAMAV15-13607266
  • published17 Oct 2025
  • disclosed8 Jun 2016

Introduced: 8 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-1405  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard clamav-1.5 to version 1.5.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream clamav-1.5 package and not the clamav-1.5 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

libclamav in ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus), as used in Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices before 9.7.0-125 and Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices before 9.0.1-135 and 9.1.x before 9.1.1-041, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (AMP process restart) via a crafted document, aka Bug IDs CSCuv78533 and CSCuw60503.