Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting clamav-docs-html package, versions <1.5.3-160000.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-CLAMAVDOCSHTML-17977861
  • published15 Jul 2026
  • disclosed7 Jul 2026

Introduced: 7 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-20216  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 clamav-docs-html to version 1.5.3-160000.1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream clamav-docs-html package and not the clamav-docs-html package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability in the InstallShield file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to improper handling of temporary resources during file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted InstallShield file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process and temporarily consume available system resources, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1