Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting clamav package, versions [,0.87)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
28.88% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CLAMAV-2381160
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Sept 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Sep 2005

CVE-2005-2920  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade clamav to version 0.87 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Buffer overflow in libclamav/upx.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed executable.

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