CVE-2024-20505

Publication date 4 September 2024

Last updated 17 September 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

A vulnerability in the PDF parsing module of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 1.4.0, 1.3.2 and prior versions, all 1.2.x versions, 1.0.6 and prior versions, all 0.105.x versions, all 0.104.x versions, and 0.103.11 and all prior versions could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to an out of bounds read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted PDF file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the scanning process.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
clamav 24.10 oracular
Fixed 1.3.1+dfsg-5ubuntu2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.0.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.103.12+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.103.12+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7011-1
    • ClamAV vulnerabilities
    • 16 September 2024
    • USN-7011-2
    • ClamAV vulnerabilities
    • 17 September 2024

Other references