ALPINE-CVE-2017-12378

ALPINE-CVE-2017-12378 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation checking mechanisms of .tar (Tape Archive) files sent to an affected device. A successful exploit could cause a checksum buffer over-read condition when ClamAV scans the malicious .tar file, potentially allowing the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.13	clamav	0.94.2-r0, 0.99.2-r6, 0.99.2-r5
Alpine:v3.9	clamav	0.99.2-r6, 0, 0.94.2-r0
Alpine:v3.11	clamav	0.98.1-r0, 0.99.2-r6, 0.99.2-r5
Alpine:v3.8	clamav	0.97.6-r1, 0, 0.94.2-r0
Alpine:v3.10	clamav	0.94.2-r0, 0, 0.99.2-r6
Alpine:v3.12	clamav	0.99.2-r6, 0.99.2-r5, 0.99.2-r4

Timeline

Jan 26, 2018 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-12378 advisory

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