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medium 5.5

CVE-2016-1371 json

ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus) before 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted mew packer…

published 2016-10-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2470

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus) before 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted mew packer executable.

Patch / fix

  • clamav Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.99.2+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1371

  • clamav Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • clamav Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1371

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-1371 updated cvss 4.3

clamav: Crash when processing a crafted mew packer executable

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • foxglovesecurity.com https://foxglovesecurity.com/2016/06/13/finding-pearls-fuzzing-clamav/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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