VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2010-0098

critical
Published 2010-04-08 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

ClamAV before 0.96 does not properly handle the (1) CAB and (2) 7z file formats, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a crafted archive that is compatible with standard archive utilities.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 0.96+dfsg-1
sid Fixed 0.96+dfsg-1
forky Fixed 0.96+dfsg-1
bullseye Fixed 0.96+dfsg-1
bookworm Fixed 0.96+dfsg-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
clamavclamav{"endIncluding":"0.96"}
clamavclamav0.01
clamavclamav0.02
clamavclamav0.3
clamavclamav0.03
clamavclamav0.05
clamavclamav0.9
clamavclamav0.10
clamavclamav0.12
clamavclamav0.13
clamavclamav0.14
clamavclamav0.15
clamavclamav0.20
clamavclamav0.21
clamavclamav0.22
clamavclamav0.23
clamavclamav0.24
clamavclamav0.51
clamavclamav0.52
clamavclamav0.53
clamavclamav0.54
clamavclamav0.60
clamavclamav0.60p
clamavclamav0.65
clamavclamav0.66
clamavclamav0.67
clamavclamav0.67-1
clamavclamav0.68
clamavclamav0.68.1
clamavclamav0.70
clamavclamav0.71
clamavclamav0.72
clamavclamav0.73
clamavclamav0.74
clamavclamav0.75
clamavclamav0.75.1
clamavclamav0.80
clamavclamav0.81
clamavclamav0.82
clamavclamav0.83
clamavclamav0.84
clamavclamav0.85
clamavclamav0.85.1
clamavclamav0.86
clamavclamav0.86.1
clamavclamav0.86.2
clamavclamav0.87
clamavclamav0.87.1
clamavclamav0.88
clamavclamav0.88.1
clamavclamav0.88.2
clamavclamav0.88.3
clamavclamav0.88.4
clamavclamav0.88.5
clamavclamav0.88.6
clamavclamav0.88.7
clamavclamav0.90
clamavclamav0.90.1
clamavclamav0.90.2
clamavclamav0.90.3
clamavclamav0.91
clamavclamav0.91.1
clamavclamav0.91.2
clamavclamav0.92
clamavclamav0.92.1
clamavclamav0.93
clamavclamav0.93.1
clamavclamav0.93.2
clamavclamav0.93.3
clamavclamav0.94
clamavclamav0.94.1
clamavclamav0.94.2
clamavclamav0.95
clamavclamav0.95.1
clamavclamav0.95.2
clamavclamav0.95.3
clamavclamav0.96
clamavsclamav0.04
clamavsclamav0.06

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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