CVE-2026-20031
ClamAV CSS Image Parsing Error Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Mar 4, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 8, 2025
Description
A vulnerability in the HTML Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) module of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to improper error handling when splitting UTF-8 strings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTML file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the scanning process.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | cisco |
Weaknesses
- CWE-248 Uncaught Exception
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cisco Secure EndpointCisco |
|
References
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