CVE-2022-20796

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    CVE-2022-20796

    Published: 4 May 2022Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7RV6BLIATIJE74SQ6NG5ZC4JK5MMDQ2R/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BX5ZXNHP4NFYQ5BFSKY3WT7NTBZUYG7L/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4NNBIJVG6Z4PDIKUZXTYXICYUAYAZ56/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00004.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01, https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-dos-vL9x58p4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 43973fceae9532bdd4715b570800e5406934adc7
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.103.4
    0.103.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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