Buffer Overflow Affecting clamav package, versions [,1.4.5)[1.4.0,1.5.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CLAMAV-17812663
  • published4 Jul 2026
  • disclosed1 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-20217  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade clamav to version 1.4.5, 1.5.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the PESpin file format parser due to improper boundary checks. An attacker can cause the scanning process to terminate and disrupt service by submitting a specially crafted file that triggers an out-of-bounds buffer write.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1