CVE-2010-4479

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in pdf.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.96.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, aka "bb #2380," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4260.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 5.69% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42555	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3137	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052401.html	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659861
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1031-1	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3185	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024818	vdb entry
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/1	mailing list
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html	vendor advisory
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2380
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051905.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42426	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42720	third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/6	mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:249	vendor advisory
http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=master
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45152	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html	vendor advisory
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/cve-2010-4260-clamav-multiple-pdf-vulnerabilities/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3135	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/3	mailing list
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4479?: CVE-2010-4479 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4479?: To fix CVE-2010-4479, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4479 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2010-4479 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.