ubuntu-cve-2024-20290
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-02-07 17:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:47
Summary
Details

A vulnerability in the OLE2 file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an incorrect check for end-of-string values during scanning, which may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing OLE2 content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software and consuming available system resources. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog .

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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            "binary_name": "clamav",
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          },
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav-daemon",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav-docs",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav-freshclam",
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          {
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          },
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamdscan",
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          },
          {
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      },
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      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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            }
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "1.0.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A vulnerability in the OLE2 file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.   This vulnerability is due to an incorrect check for end-of-string values during scanning, which may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing OLE2 content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software and consuming available system resources.   For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog .",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-20290",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:47:57Z",
  "published": "2024-02-07T17:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-20290"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-hDffu6t"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://blog.clamav.net/2023/11/clamav-130-122-105-released.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6636-1"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20290"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-20290"
  ]
}



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