Description
A vulnerability in the OLE2 file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to an incorrect check for end-of-string values during scanning, which may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing OLE2 content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software and consuming available system resources.

For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog .
Published: 2024-02-07
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 8.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-18005 A vulnerability in the OLE2 file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an incorrect check for end-of-string values during scanning, which may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing OLE2 content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software and consuming available system resources. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog .
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6636-1 ClamAV vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01596}

epss

{'score': 0.0164}


Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Cisco Secure Endpoint Secure Endpoint Private Cloud
Fedoraproject Fedora
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:32:30.128Z

Reserved: 2023-11-08T15:08:07.627Z

Link: CVE-2024-20290

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:59:41.158Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-07T17:15:10.517

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:52:14.023

Link: CVE-2024-20290

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