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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CLAMAV-17812664
  • published4 Jul 2026
  • disclosed1 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-20215  (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 7z file format parser. An attacker can disrupt the antivirus scanning process by submitting a specially crafted 7z file, leading to memory corruption and termination of the scanning service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1