CVE-2013-6497

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6497
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-01 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionclamscan 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-17 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clamav Clamav All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: Fwd: [Clamav-devel] ClamAV(R) blog: ClamAV 0.98.5 has been released! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ClamAV® blog: ClamAV 0.98.5 has been released! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.clamav.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA59645 - Ubuntu update for clamav - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1571-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1138101 – CVE-2013-6497 ClamAV: -a segmentation fault when processing files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: clamav-0.98.5-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-2488-2: ClamAV vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Fwd: [Clamav-devel] ClamAV(R) blog: ClamAV 0.98.5 has been released! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:1560-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 11088 – clamscan -a segmentation fault on valid JavaScript file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.clamav.net Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1574-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
ClamAV CVE-2013-6497 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: clamav-0.98.5-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-2423-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:217 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Security Advisory SA60150 - Mageia update for clamav - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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