High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-20792
CVE-2022-20792
Description
A vulnerability in the regex module used by the signature database load module of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 0.104.0 through 0.104.2 and LTS version 0.103.5 and prior versions could allow an authenticated, local attacker to crash ClamAV at database load time, and possibly gain code execution. The vulnerability is due to improper bounds checking that may result in a multi-byte heap buffer overwflow write. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a crafted CDB ClamAV signature database file in the ClamAV database directory. An exploit could allow the attacker to run code as the clamav user.
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Affected products
9- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/clamav&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/clamav&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/clamav&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/clamav&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5
< 0.103.6-150000.3.38.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.6-150000.3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.6-150000.3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.6-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.6-150000.3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.6-150000.3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.6-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.103.6-3.18.1
- Cisco/Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV)v5Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- blog.clamav.net/2022/05/clamav-01050-01043-01036-released.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01nvd
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