VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-6497
clamscan in ClamAV before 0.98.5, when using -a option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) as demonstrated by the jwplayer.js file.
LOW 2.1EPSS 1.13%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
clamscan in ClamAV before 0.98.5, when using -a option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) as demonstrated by the jwplayer.js file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.13% probability · 66th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-17
- Affected
- clamav/clamav
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://blog.clamav.net/2014/11/clamav-0985-has-been-released.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144754.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144979.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60150
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:217
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71178
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2423-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2488-2
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11088Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138101
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98804
- http://blog.clamav.net/2014/11/clamav-0985-has-been-released.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144754.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144979.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60150
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:217
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71178
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2423-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.