CVE-2015-2222 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.98.7, affecting canonical clamav and ubuntu_linux distributions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by submitting a specially crafted petite packed file, causing the ClamAV service to crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 17/100, this vulnerability has a low impact, primarily affecting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.98.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.