Expired pointer dereference in ClamAV - CVE-2023-20212
Published: August 16, 2023 / Updated: August 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79634
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20212
CWE-ID: CWE-825
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the AutoIt file parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
ClamAV
Gentoo Linux
app-antivirus/clamav
Gentoo Linux
app-antivirus/clamav
How to mitigate CVE-2023-20212
Install updates from vendor's website.
ClamAV - update to 1.0.2
app-antivirus/clamav - update to 1.4.1
app-antivirus/clamav - update to 1.4.1