CVE-2015-1463 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash ClamAV by submitting a crafted petite packer file, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-1463?
CVE-2015-1463 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 3 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ClamAV before 0.98.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted petite packer file, related to an "incorrect compiler optimization."
Weakness: CWE-17
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1463?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Clamav Clamav, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1463?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-1463 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1463 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1463, GHSA-h4wr-jgfj-c79q, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1463.