CVE-2013-6497

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-17

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.

Affected products

Cisco ClamAV: through 0.98.4

References

http://blog.clamav.net/2014/11/clamav-0985-has-been-released.html
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

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