What is CVE-2015-2668?

CVE-2015-2668 is a vulnerability in Clamav, classified under CWE-399. Published 2015-05-12.

Is CVE-2015-2668 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Clamav

CVE-2015-2668

ClamAV before 0.98.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted xz archive file.

Published 2015-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Clamav
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2594-1 (vendor-advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-08 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/74472 (vdb-entry)
blog.clamav.net/2015/04/clamav-0987-has-been-released.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00024.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-2668?: CVE-2015-2668 is a vulnerability in Clamav, classified under CWE-399. Published 2015-05-12.
Is CVE-2015-2668 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.