A vulnerability in the PDF scanning processes of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition, cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, or execute arbitrary code on an affected device.
This vulnerability exists because memory buffers are allocated incorrectly when PDF files are processed. 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 trigger a buffer overflow, likely resulting in the termination of the ClamAV scanning process and a DoS condition on the affected software. Although unproven, there is also a possibility that an attacker could leverage the buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ClamAV process.
                
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 
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| Metrics | ssvc 
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| Description | A vulnerability in the PDF scanning processes of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition, cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, or execute arbitrary code on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because memory buffers are allocated incorrectly when PDF files are processed. 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 trigger a buffer overflow, likely resulting in the termination of the ClamAV scanning process and a DoS condition on the affected software. Although unproven, there is also a possibility that an attacker could leverage the buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ClamAV process. | |
| Title | ClamAV PDF Scanning Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-122 | |
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| Metrics | cvssV3_1 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2025-06-18T17:08:36.207Z
Updated: 2025-06-19T03:55:07.784Z
Reserved: 2024-10-10T19:15:13.243Z
Link: CVE-2025-20260
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2025-06-18T17:49:38.903Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-06-18T18:15:23.270
Modified: 2025-08-11T18:19:32.533
Link: CVE-2025-20260
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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