CVE catalog
CVE-2024-20290
clamav: CVE-2024-20290
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 33.32% · Oct 25, 2026
A vulnerability in the OLE2 file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an incorrect check for end-of-string values during scanning, which may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing OLE2 content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software and consuming available system resources. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog .
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | clamav | sid | 1.4.6+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | clamav | forky | 1.4.6+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | clamav | trixie | 1.4.3+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | clamav | bookworm | 1.4.3+dfsg-1~deb12u2 | fixed |
| Debian | clamav | bookworm-security | 1.4.6+dfsg-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | clamav | 24.04 | 1.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | clamav | 24.04 | 1.0.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | clamav | 24.04 | 1.0.4+dfsg-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | clamav | 24.04 | 1.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | clamav | source | sid | 1.0.5+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1063479] |
| Debian | clamav | source | forky | 1.0.5+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1063479] |
| Debian | clamav | source | trixie | 1.0.5+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1063479] |
| Debian | clamav | source | bookworm | 1.0.5+dfsg-1~deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1063479] |
| Ubuntu | clamav | deb | 24.04 | 1.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-20290 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-20290]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-20290]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-20290]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2024/wid-sec-w-2024-0322.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]