CVE-2022-20796

Published: 4 May 2022

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
clamav Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	focal	Released (0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
	impish	Released (0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.21.10.1)
	jammy	Released (0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
	kinetic	Released (0.103.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1)
	upstream	Released (0.103.6,0.104.3,0.105.0)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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