clamav — security advisory
On May 4, 2022, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library versions 0.103.5 and earlier and 0.104.2 and earlier was disclosed: A vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 0.103.4, 0.103.5, 0.104.1, and 0.104.2 could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog.
- Products
- clamav
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.103.6-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-20796
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:09 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
On May 4, 2022, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library versions 0.103.5 and earlier and 0.104.2 and earlier was disclosed: A vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 0.103.4, 0.103.5, 0.104.1, and 0.104.2 could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2022-20796
clamav
Fixed versions: 0.103.6-r0
clamav
Fixed versions: 0.103.6-r0
Complete source record
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