| Name | CVE-2022-20698 |
| Description | A vulnerability in the OOXML parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software version 0.104.1 and LTS version 0.103.4 and prior versions could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper checks that may result in an invalid pointer read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted OOXML file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| clamav (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.103.9+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 0.103.6+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.103.9+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.103.9+dfsg-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.103.10+dfsg-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.0.7+dfsg-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.4.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| clamav | source | buster | 0.103.5+dfsg-0+deb10u1 | | | |
| clamav | source | bullseye | 0.103.5+dfsg-0+deb11u1 | | | |
| clamav | source | (unstable) | 0.103.5+dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - clamav <postponed> (Minor issue; clean crash; follow stable updates)
https://blog.clamav.net/2022/01/clamav-01035-and-01042-security-patch.html
https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/commit/9a6bb57f89721db637f4ddb5b233c1c4e23d223a (0.103.5)
[jessie] - clamav <postponed> (Minor issue; clean crash; follow stretch updates)