Bug 2496896 - CVE-2026-20213 clamav: ClamAV: Denial of Service via crafted Portable Executable (PE) files [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-20213 clamav: ClamAV: Denial of Service via crafted Portable Executa...
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: clamav
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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high
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Assignee: Gwyn Ciesla
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["56beffc7-093a-4933-8be5-6...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-20213
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Reported: 2026-07-03 16:09 UTC by Srikanth Balasubramanian
Modified: 2026-07-03 16:09 UTC (History)
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Description Srikanth Balasubramanian 2026-07-03 16:09:05 UTC
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A vulnerability in the PE file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition, or possibly other expanded impacts, resulting from memory corruption on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to improper boundary checks for content in PE files during scanning, which may result in an out-of-bounds buffer write. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file that contains PE content 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.


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