CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-3501

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2012-08-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-08-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The squidclamav_check_preview_handler function in squidclamav.c in SquidClamav 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.7 passes an unescaped URL to a system command call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a URL with certain characters, as demonstrated using %0D or %0A.

Affected configurations

• darold squidclamav 5.0 • darold squidclamav 5.1 • darold squidclamav 5.2 • darold squidclamav 5.3 • darold squidclamav 5.4 • darold squidclamav 5.5 • darold squidclamav 5.6 • darold squidclamav 5.7 • darold squidclamav 6.0 • darold squidclamav 6.1 • darold squidclamav 6.2 • darold squidclamav 6.3 • darold squidclamav 6.4 • darold squidclamav 6.5 • darold squidclamav 6.6

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References