CVE-2016-1405 (GCVE-0-2016-1405)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-08 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:55
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90968 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/blob/mas… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3093-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035993 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035994 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2016-05-31 00:00
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      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "clamav: Remote DoS via crafted document",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-1405.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-08-01T23:39:02Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-1405",
      "id": "CVE-2016-1405",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:08:22Z",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "9",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-1405",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-1405.json",
      "version": "5"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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