CVE-2015-1462
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
ClamAV before 0.98.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted upx packer file, related to a "heap out of bounds condition."
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.79%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 86
- 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 (2)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- http://blog.clamav.net/2015/01/clamav-0986-has-been-released.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148950.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148958.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00020.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62536
- http://securitytracker.com/id/1031672
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-08
- http://blog.clamav.net/2015/01/clamav-0986-has-been-released.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148950.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148958.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00020.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62536
- http://securitytracker.com/id/1031672
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-08
Raw JSON (NVD)
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