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CVE-2025-20234

ClamAV UDF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

5.3 MediumFix available

A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to a memory overread during UDF file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing UDF content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the .

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.82%Up 0.8 points since Jun 19, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

ClamAV UDF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to a memory overread during UDF file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing UDF content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the .

Record
CVE-2025-20234
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-27685 5.3

A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to a memory overread during UDF file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing UDF content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the .

Record
EUVD-2025-27685
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xwph-f2wp-xxgp 5.3

A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing of ClamAV could allow an...

A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to a memory overread during UDF file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing UDF content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the .

Record
GHSA-xwph-f2wp-xxgp
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.3

A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to a memory overread during UDF file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing UDF content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the .

Record
CVE-2025-20234
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to a memory overread during UDF file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing UDF content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the .

Record
CVE-2025-20234
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-20234 7.5

A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a memory overread during UDF file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing UDF content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the .

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-20234
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-20234 5.3

A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a memory overread during UDF file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing UDF content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the .

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-20234
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2025-1756202550 No score

Fix of 9 CVEs

  • Update up to 1.4.3 LTS
    • CVE-2025-20260
    • CVE-2025-20234
    • CVE-2025-20128
    • CVE-2024-20505, CVE-2024-20506
    • CVE-2023-20197
    • CVE-2023-20212
    • CVE-2023-20032
    • CVE-2023-20052
Record
CLSA-2025-1756202550
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2025-1756409595 No score

clamav: Fix of 4 CVEs

  • Update to 1.4.3 LTS
  • CVE-2025-20260: Fixed a possible buffer overflow write bug in the PDF file parser
  • CVE-2025-20234: Fixed a possible buffer overflow read bug in the UDF file parser
  • CVE-2025-20128: Fixed a possible buffer overflow read bug in the OLE2 file parser
  • CVE-2024-20506: Changed the logging module to disable following symlinks on Linux and Unix systems so as to prevent an attacker with existing access to the 'clamd' or 'freshclam' services from using a symlink to corrupt system files
Record
CLSA-2025-1756409595
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15211-1 No score

clamav-1.4.3-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the clamav-1.4.3-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15211-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:02119-1 No score

Security update for clamav

This update for clamav fixes the following issues:

ClamAV version 1.4.3:

  • CVE-2025-20260: PDF Scanning Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (bsc#1245054).
  • CVE-2025-20234: Vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing (bsc#1245055).

Other bugfixes:

  • Fix a race condition between the mockup servers started by different test cases in freshclam_test.py (bsc#1243565)
Record
SUSE-SU-2025:02119-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:02200-1 No score

Security update for clamav

This update for clamav fixes the following issues:

ClamAV version 1.4.3:

  • CVE-2025-20260: PDF Scanning Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (bsc#1245054).
  • CVE-2025-20234: Vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing (bsc#1245055).
Record
SUSE-SU-2025:02200-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:02201-1 No score

Security update for clamav

This update for clamav fixes the following issues:

ClamAV version 1.4.3:

  • CVE-2025-20260: PDF Scanning Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (bsc#1245054).
  • CVE-2025-20234: Vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing (bsc#1245055).

Other bugfixes:

  • Fix a race condition between the mockup servers started by different test cases in freshclam_test.py (bsc#1243565)
Record
SUSE-SU-2025:02201-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-7615-1 No score

clamav vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning UDF files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-20234)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning PDF files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-20260)

Record
USN-7615-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-7615-2 No score

clamav vulnerabilities

USN-7615-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning UDF files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-20234)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning PDF files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-20260)

Record
USN-7615-2
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
clamav
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
clamav-base
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
clamav-daemon
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
clamav-doc
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
clamav-docs
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
clamav-freshclam
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
clamav-milter
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
clamav-testfiles
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
clamdscan
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
libclamav-dev
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libclamav12
TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+tuxcare.els1
clamav
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
clamav-data
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
clamav-devel
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
clamav-doc
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
clamav-filesystem
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
clamav-freshclam
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
clamav-lib
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
clamav-milter
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
clamd
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
1:1.4.3-1.el7.tuxcare.els1
clamav
Debian:13
before 1.4.3+dfsg-1
1.4.3+dfsg-1
clamav
Debian:14
before 1.4.3+dfsg-1
1.4.3+dfsg-1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Manager Server 4.3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
1.4.3-150200.8.14.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150600.18.18.1
1.4.3-150600.18.18.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150600.18.18.1
1.4.3-150600.18.18.1
clamav
openSUSE:Leap 15.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-150600.18.18.1
1.4.3-150600.18.18.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-3.47.1
1.4.3-3.47.1
clamav
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-3.47.1
1.4.3-3.47.1
clamav
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1, plus listed versions
0.101.4+dfsg-1ubuntu10.102.1+dfsg-1ubuntu10.102.1+dfsg-2ubuntu10.102.1+dfsg-2ubuntu20.102.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
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0.102.2+dfsg-2ubuntu10.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.102.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.20.103.5+dfsg-1~20.04.10.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.12+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1
clamav
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, plus listed versions
0.103.3+dfsg-10.103.4+dfsg-10.103.4+dfsg-1build10.103.5+dfsg-10.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
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0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.10.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.10.103.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.10.103.12+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
clamav
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1, plus listed versions
1.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu11.0.3+dfsg-2ubuntu11.0.4+dfsg-0ubuntu11.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu11.0.5+dfsg-1.1ubuntu21.0.5+dfsg-1.1ubuntu31.0.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.11.0.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
clamav
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, plus listed versions
0.103.3+dfsg-10.103.4+dfsg-10.103.4+dfsg-1build10.103.5+dfsg-10.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
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0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.10.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.10.103.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.10.103.12+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
clamav
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1, plus listed versions
1.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu11.0.3+dfsg-2ubuntu11.0.4+dfsg-0ubuntu11.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu11.0.5+dfsg-1.1ubuntu21.0.5+dfsg-1.1ubuntu31.0.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.11.0.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
clamav
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1, plus listed versions
0.101.4+dfsg-1ubuntu10.102.1+dfsg-1ubuntu10.102.1+dfsg-2ubuntu10.102.1+dfsg-2ubuntu20.102.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
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0.102.2+dfsg-2ubuntu10.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.102.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.20.103.5+dfsg-1~20.04.10.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.10.103.12+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1
clamav
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1.4.3-1.1
1.4.3-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-20234 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Clamav, published June 18, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.82%, the 57th percentile. Fixed in clamav 1.4.3+dfsg-1.

References

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