UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6497

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6497
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6497.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6497
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Published
2013-12-31T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:05Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / clamav

Package

Name
clamav
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/clamav@0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4
0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu5
0.98.1+dfsg-1ubuntu4
0.98.1+dfsg-1ubuntu5
0.98.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2
0.98.1+dfsg-4ubuntu1
0.98.1+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "clamav",
            "binary_version": "0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "clamav-base",
            "binary_version": "0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "clamav-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "clamav-docs",
            "binary_version": "0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "clamav-freshclam",
            "binary_version": "0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "clamav-milter",
            "binary_version": "0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "clamav-testfiles",
            "binary_version": "0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libclamav-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libclamav6",
            "binary_version": "0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}