Riskcovery

CVE-2024-20505

ClamAV Memory Handling DoS

State
Published
Severity
4.0 Medium
Published
Sep 4, 2024
Updated
Nov 3, 2025
Reserved
Nov 8, 2023

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Description

A vulnerability in the PDF parsing module of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 1.4.0, 1.3.2 and prior versions, all 1.2.x versions, 1.0.6 and prior versions, all 0.105.x versions, all 0.104.x versions, and 0.103.11 and all prior versions could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

The vulnerability is due to an out of bounds read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted PDF file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the scanning process.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lcisco

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ClamAVCisco
  • 1.4.0Affected
  • 1.3.2Affected
  • 1.0.6Affected
  • 1.0.5Affected
  • 1.0.4Affected
  • 1.0.3Affected
  • 1.0.2Affected
  • 1.0.1Affected
  • 1.0.0Affected
  • 1.2.xAffected
  • 0.105.xAffected
  • 0.104.xAffected
  • 0.103.11Affected
  • 0.103.10Affected
  • 0.103.9Affected
  • 0.103.8Affected
  • 0.103.7Affected
  • 0.103.6Affected
  • 0.103.5Affected
  • 0.103.4Affected
  • 0.103.3Affected
  • 0.103.2Affected
  • 0.103.1Affected
  • 0.103.0Affected

References

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