Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 4, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-20796
CVE-2022-20796
Description
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.
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Affected products
9- Range: <=0.104.2
- 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
- Range: n/a
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-dos-vL9x58p4nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7RV6BLIATIJE74SQ6NG5ZC4JK5MMDQ2R/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BX5ZXNHP4NFYQ5BFSKY3WT7NTBZUYG7L/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4NNBIJVG6Z4PDIKUZXTYXICYUAYAZ56/nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01nvd
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