CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0946

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2003-0946 describes a format string vulnerability in clamav-milter for Clam AntiVirus versions 0.60 through 0.60p and earlier than 0.65. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the email address argument of a 'MAIL FROM' command.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks that lead to denial of service and potential remote code execution, which can have serious security implications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade Clam AntiVirus to version 0.65 or later to eliminate this vulnerability and minimize the risk of attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Format string vulnerability in clamav-milter for Clam AntiVirus 0.60 through 0.60p, and other versions before 0.65, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the email address argument of a "MAIL FROM" command.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS