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CVE-2004-0270 json

libclamav in Clam AntiVirus 0.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a uuencoded e-mail message with an invali…

published 2004-09-01 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0270

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.4%
EPSS 10.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

libclamav in Clam AntiVirus 0.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a uuencoded e-mail message with an invalid line length (e.g., a lowercase character), which causes an assert error in clamd that terminates the calling program.

Patch / fix

  • clamav Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.80

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0270

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23667)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23667 ClamAV Daemon 0.65 - UUEncoded Message Denial of Service dos, 2004-02-09
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9610 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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