NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package clamav  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-CLAMAV-614101
  • published28 Oct 2018
  • disclosed23 Oct 2018

Introduced: 23 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18585  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream clamav package and not the clamav package as distributed by Ubuntu.

chmd_read_headers in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.8alpha accepts a filename that has '\0' as its first or second character (such as the "/\0" name).