CVE-2015-1463 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.98.6, affecting ClamAV and Fedora distributions. This flaw, stemming from an incorrect compiler optimization, allows remote attackers to crash the antivirus engine by submitting a specially crafted petite packer file. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a medium-severity vulnerability, easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to system unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.98.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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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 records are not available for this CVE.