THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-3481
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-3481

Clamav vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the EGG archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0 - 0.102.3 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a null pointer dereference. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted EGG file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Affected vendor
Clamav
Affected product
Clamav
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2020-07-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-3481

  • Confirm whether Clamav Clamav is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-3481.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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