CVE-2010-1639

N/A Unknown

Published: May 26, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

The cli_pdf function in libclamav/pdf.c in ClamAV before 0.96.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PDF file, related to an inconsistency in the calculated stream length and the real stream length.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0eb394501ec21b9fe67f36cbf5db788711d4236#patch2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055771.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055777.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/39895

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/43752

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:110

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40317

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024017

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1214

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58824

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2016

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0eb394501ec21b9fe67f36cbf5db788711d4236#patch2