CVE-2019-12625
ClamAV versions prior to 0.101.3 are susceptible to a zip bomb vulnerability where an unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service condition by sending crafted messages to an affected system.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
ClamAV versions prior to 0.101.3 are susceptible to a zip bomb vulnerability where an unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service condition by sending crafted messages to an affected system.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.18% probability · 82th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-404
- Affected
- clamav/clamav
- Source
- psirt@cisco.com
EPSS 2.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00000.html
- https://blog.clamav.net/2019/08/clamav-01014-security-patch-release-has.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00000.html
- https://blog.clamav.net/2019/08/clamav-01014-security-patch-release-has.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.