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CVE-2020-3481

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 20, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3481
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

A vulnerability in the EGG archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0 - 0.102.3 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a null pointer dereference. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted EGG file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ClamavClamav0.102.0 (including)0.102.3 (including)
ClamavUbuntubionic*
ClamavUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
ClamavUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
ClamavUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
ClamavUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
ClamavUbuntufocal*
ClamavUbuntutrusty*
ClamavUbuntutrusty/esm*
ClamavUbuntuupstream*
ClamavUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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