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Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3341ClamAV PDF Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation in ClamAV from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.4% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.4%top 10.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the PDF archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101 - 0.102.2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a stack buffer overflow read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted PDF file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20clamav0.102.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-3341
Alpine:v3.21clamav0.102.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-3341
Alpine:v3.22clamav0.102.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-3341
Alpine:v3.23clamav0.102.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-3341
Alpine:v3.24clamav0.102.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-3341
Debian:12clamav0.102.3+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-3341
Debian:13clamav0.102.3+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-3341
Debian:14clamav0.102.3+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-3341

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco ClamAV unspecified – before 0.102.3

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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