CVE-2024-20290

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 7, 2024 at 04:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:06 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraSecure EndpointSecure Endpoint Private Cloud

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 33%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the OLE2 file format parser 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 an incorrect check for end-of-string values during scanning, which may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing OLE2 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 and consuming available system resources. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog .

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 7.5.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.2.3.30119, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 3.8.0
Affected range stops below 3.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHcisco
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-126CWE-125

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