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CVE-2013-6497 json

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…

published 2014-12-01 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-6300

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • clamav Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.98.5+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6497

  • clamav Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6497

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • clamav openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.99.2-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10571-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-6497 updated cvss 1.7

ClamAV: -a segmentation fault when processing files

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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