7.5
CWE
125
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2024-20505: ClamAV Memory Handling DoS

First published: Wed Sep 04 2024(Updated: )

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.

Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Clamav Clamav<0.103.12
Clamav Clamav>=0.104.0<1.0.7
Clamav Clamav>=1.2.0<1.3.2
Clamav Clamav=1.4.0
debian/clamav<=0.103.10+dfsg-0+deb11u1<=1.0.5+dfsg-1~deb12u1
1.4.1+dfsg-1

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