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CVE-2022-20796

ClamAV Truncated File Denial of Service Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: April 2022

Published: May 4, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-822
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-822CWE-476

Affected Products

ОС ТД АИС ФССП РоссииФССП России
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Альт 8 СПАО «ИВК»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Clam AntivirusCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
Cisco AMP for EndpointsCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
Cisco AMP for EndpointsCisco
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
фссп россииRUOperating Systems
ао «ивк»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ivk
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
and 4 more affected products View all →

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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.199019
vuldb.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20796
nvd.nist.gov
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-dos-vL9x58p4
tools.cisco.com
and 9 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 4, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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