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CVE-2010-4260

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in pdf.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.96.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, aka (1) "bb #2358" and (2) "bb #2396."

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-4260 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from clamav organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-12-07T13:53:29.677

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	clamav	clamav	≤ 0.96.4	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.01	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.02	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.3	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.03	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.05	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.8	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.9	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.10	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.12	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.13	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.14	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.14	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.15	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.20	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.21	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.22	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.23	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.24	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.51	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.52	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.53	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.54	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.60	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.60p	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.65	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.66	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.67	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.67-1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.68	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.68.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.70	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.70	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.71	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.72	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.73	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.74	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.75	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.75.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.80	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.80	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.80	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.80	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.80	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.80	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.80_rc	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.81	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.81	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.82	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.83	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.84	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.84	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.84	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.85	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.85.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.86	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.86	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.86.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.86.2	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.87	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.87.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88.2	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88.3	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88.4	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88.5	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88.6	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88.7	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88.7_p0	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.88.7_p1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90.1_p0	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90.2	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90.2_p0	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90.3	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90.3_p0	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.90.3_p1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.91	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.91	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.91	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.91.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.91.2	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.91.2_p0	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.92	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.92.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.92_p0	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.93	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.93.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.93.2	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.93.3	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.94	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.94.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.94.2	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.95	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.95	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.95	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.95	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.95	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.95.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.95.2	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.95.3	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.96	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.96	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.96	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.96.1	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.96.2	Yes
Application	clamav	clamav	0.96.3	Yes

References

http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=master ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051905.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052401.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/1 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/3 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/6 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42426 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42523 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42555 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42720 ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:249 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45152 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024818 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1031-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3135 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3137 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3185 ([email protected])
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/cve-2010-4260-clamav-multiple-pdf-vulnerabilities/ ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659861 ([email protected])
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2358 ([email protected])
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2396 ([email protected])
http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=master (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051905.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052401.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/6 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42426 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42523 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42555 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42720 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:249 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45152 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024818 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1031-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3135 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3137 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3185 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/cve-2010-4260-clamav-multiple-pdf-vulnerabilities/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659861 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2358 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2396 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For clamav's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.