CVE-2013-2021
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
pdf.c in ClamAV 0.97.1 through 0.97.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds-read) via a crafted length value in an encrypted PDF file.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.50%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 89
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- http://blog.clamav.net/2013/04/clamav-0978-has-been-released.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109514.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109639.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109652.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105575.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00020.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53150
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53182
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:159
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/25/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59434
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1816-1
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7053
- https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/commit/24ff855c82d3f5c62bc5788a5776cefbffce2971
- http://blog.clamav.net/2013/04/clamav-0978-has-been-released.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109514.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109639.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109652.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105575.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00020.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53150
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53182
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:159
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/25/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59434
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1816-1
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7053
- https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/commit/24ff855c82d3f5c62bc5788a5776cefbffce2971
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