CVE-2024-20505

ClamAV Memory Handling DoS

Medium · published September 4, 2024

CVSS v3.1
4.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00555 · 45.5th percentile
Published
2024-09-04T21:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 SEP 21:23Z
    ClamAV Memory Handling DoS
    cvelistv5