CVE-2015-2221 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.98.7, affecting products like Canonical ClamAV and Ubuntu Linux. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an infinite loop by submitting a specially crafted y0da cryptor file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no confidentiality or integrity impact, but a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.98.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.