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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2024· Updated Aug 1, 2024

ClamAV HTML Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2024-20380

Description

A vulnerability in the HTML parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to an issue in the C to Rust foreign function interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing HTML content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software.

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