On May 4, 2022, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library versions 0.103.5 and earlier and 0.104.2 and earlier was disclosed: A vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 0.103.4, 0.103.5, 0.104.1, and 0.104.2 could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog.
Published 2022-05-04 17:15:09
Updated 2023-10-01 11:15:11
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2022-20796

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-20796

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2022-20796

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.9
MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
3.9
6.9
NIST
6.5
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0
4.0
Cisco Systems, Inc.
5.5
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1.8
3.6
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2022-20796

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.
    Assigned by: ykramarz@cisco.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2022-20796

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