Description
A vulnerability in the HTML parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.
The vulnerability is due to an issue in the C to Rust foreign function interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing HTML content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software.
Published: 2024-04-18
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-18095 A vulnerability in the HTML parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to an issue in the C to Rust foreign function interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing HTML content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software.
History

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:1.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:1.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:1.3.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:59:41.788Z

Reserved: 2023-11-08T15:08:07.656Z

Link: CVE-2024-20380

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:59:41.788Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-18T20:15:17.520

Modified: 2025-07-23T15:08:46.247

Link: CVE-2024-20380

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T23:06:10Z

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