CVE-2020-3481
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
02 Description
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 3.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-07-20 17:45Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-11-13 18:18Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-12
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7daf93027df295943099e4c95d79028304b9a78b3769df0f24a88178f746ad3c
05 Affected products
06 References
- blog.clamav.netClamAV 0.102.4 security patch releasedhttps://blog.clamav.net/2020/07/clamav-01024-security-patch-released.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202007-23https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-23
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4435-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-dd0c20d985https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QM7EXJHDEZJLWM2NKH6TCDXOBP5NNYIN/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4435-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-2/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-6584a641aehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IJ67VH37NCG25PICGWFWZHSVG7PBT7MC/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200806 [SECURITY] [DLA 2314-1] clamav security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00010.html
07 Remediation
Upgrade to ClamAV version 0.102.4
08 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.102.4+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.102.4+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.102.4+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- clamav Fixed in 0.102.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- clamav Fixed in 0.102.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- clamav Fixed in 0.102.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- clamav Fixed in 0.102.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.