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High USN-5423-2 5 CVEs

clamav vulnerabilities

Published May 17, 2022 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

USN-5423-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing CHM files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to stop
responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20770)

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing TIFF
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20771)

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing HTML
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20785)

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled loading the
signature database. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20792)

Alexander Patrakov and Antoine Gatineau discovered that ClamAV incorrectly
handled the scan verdict cache check. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2022-20796)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS clamav 0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS clamav 0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-20770
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-20771
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-20785
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-20792
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-20796