CVE-2015-2668 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 xz archive file, leading to service unavailability. While the CVSS score is 5.0 (medium severity) and the EPSS score is low, indicating minimal exploitability, there is no known exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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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