CVE-2013-2021
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-05-13 23:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-02-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6f0bb6749158907d725add8a1c0472f0b5f4c75facb46e2943ce3c1f0bca8156
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com53150http://secunia.com/advisories/53150
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-10853http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109514.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-8047http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105575.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:1571http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00006.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0881http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00018.html
- blog.clamav.nethttp://blog.clamav.net/2013/04/clamav-0978-has-been-released.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1816-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1816-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0883http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00020.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/commit/24ff855c82d3f5c62bc5788a5776cefbffce2971
- secunia.com53182http://secunia.com/advisories/53182
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130429 Re: Multiple potential security issues fixed in ClamAV 0.97.8 - any further details?http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/20
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-09-17-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html
- www.securityfocus.com59434http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59434
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130424 Re: Multiple potential security issues fixed in ClamAV 0.97.8 - any further details?http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/25/2
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:159http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:159
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-10953http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109639.html
- bugzilla.clamav.nethttps://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7053
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-10980http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109652.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.97.8+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.97.8+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.97.8+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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