CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-20346

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

25th percentile - higher than 25% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the PDF file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition or possibly other expanded impacts as a result of memory corruption. This is due to improper boundary checks, which may result in an out-of-bounds buffer read.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can submit a crafted PDF file, potentially causing the ClamAV scanning process to terminate and making the software unavailable.

Recommendation

Upgrade ClamAV to the latest version that includes fixes for this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the PDF file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition or possibly other expanded impacts as a result of memory corruption on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper boundary checks for content in PDF files during scanning, which may result in an out-of-bounds buffer read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted PDF file 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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS