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CVE-2010-1640

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1640 describes an off-by-one error in ClamAV 0.96, specifically within the parseicon function in libclamav/pe_icons.c, affecting its ability to properly handle crafted PE icons. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to a denial of service (crash) due to an out-of-bounds read. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.96CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1640Low

AntiVirus: Off-by-one error (DoS, crash) by parsing a specially-crafted PE icon file

May 18, 2010

References

git.clamav.net / gitweb
git.clamav.net / gitweb
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
secunia.com / advisories/39895
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/58825
wwws.clamav.net / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/05/21/7
securityfocus.com / bid/40318
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1214
Vendor Advisory