CVE-2019-1785: Clamav

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the RAR file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and 0.101.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper error-handling mechanisms when processing nested RAR files sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted RAR file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to view or create arbitrary files on the targeted system.

Affected products

• Clamav Clamav: version 0.101.0 only; version 0.101.1 only

Published 2019-04-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.