Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2024-20290 |
CWE-ID | CWE-122 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
ClamAV Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls |
Vendor | ClamAV |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU86262
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20290
CWE-ID:
CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the OLE2 file format parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsClamAV: 1.0.0 - 1.2.1
External linkshttp://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-hDffu6t
http://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-devel/releases/tag/clamav-1.0.5
http://blog.clamav.net/2023/11/clamav-130-122-105-released.html
http://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-devel/releases/tag/clamav-1.2.2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.