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CVE-2013-6497

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-6497 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV's clamscan utility, affecting versions prior to 0.98.5. When the -a option is used, a remote attacker can trigger a crash by providing a specially crafted file, such as jwplayer.js. This is a low-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1, requiring local access for exploitation and resulting in only a partial denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.98.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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

blog.clamav.net / 2014/11/clamav-0985-has-been-released.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144754.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144979.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00007.html
bugzilla.clamav.net / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/59645
secunia.com / advisories/60150
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/98804
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/5
securityfocus.com / bid/71178
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2423-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2488-2