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CVE-2010-1639

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1639 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.96.1, specifically within the cli_pdf function in libclamav/pdf.c. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the antivirus engine by submitting a specially crafted, malformed PDF file with an inconsistent stream length. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and results in a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.96CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0289 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

git.clamav.net / gitweb
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055771.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055777.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
secunia.com / advisories/39895
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43752
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/58824
wwws.clamav.net / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/40317
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1214
Vendor Advisory