A vulnerability has been identified in ClamAV (Clam AntiVirus), which could be exploited by attackers or malware to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the "execute_standard_filter()" [libclamav/unrar/unrarvm.c] function when processing a malformed RAR archive, which could be exploited to crash a vulnerable application, creating a denial of service condition.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Metaeye SG.
ChangeLog
2007-07-12 : Initial release
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