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High USN-4370-1 2 CVEs

clamav vulnerabilities

Published May 21, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing ARJ archives. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3327)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing PDF files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3341)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS clamav 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS clamav 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS clamav 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2020-3327

    ClamAV ARJ Archive Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the ARJ archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a heap buffer over…

    Cisco ClamAV clamav clamav Network devices Debian Ubuntu Alpine
  • High 7.5
    CVE-2020-3341

    ClamAV PDF Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the PDF archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101 - 0.102.2 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a stack bu…

    Cisco ClamAV clamav clamav Network devices Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-3327
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-3341