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CVE-2023-20032 — On Feb 15, 2023, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library was

On Feb 15, 2023, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library was disclosed: A vulnerability in the HFS+ partition file parser of ClamAV versions 1.0.0 and earlier, 0.105.1 and earlier, and 0.103.7 and earlier could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execu

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS
7.12% (top 8.60%)
CWE
CWE-120
Published
2023-02-16T15:24:05.173Z
Last modified
2024-08-02T08:57:35.875Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

On Feb 15, 2023, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library was disclosed: A vulnerability in the HFS+ partition file parser of ClamAV versions 1.0.0 and earlier, 0.105.1 and earlier, and 0.103.7 and earlier could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability is due to a missing buffer size check that may result in a heap buffer overflow…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
CiscoCisco Secure Web Appliance11.7.0-406, 11.7.0-418, 11.7.1-049, 11.7.1-006, 11.7.1-020, 11.7.2-011, 11.8.0-414, 11.8.1-023, 11.8.3-018, 11.8.3-021, 12.0.1-268, 12.0.3-007, 12.5.2-007, 12.5.1-011, 12.5.4-005, 12.5.5-004, 14.5.0-498, 14.0.3-014, 14.0.2-012
CiscoCisco Secure Endpoint6.1.9, 6.2.5, 6.3.7, 6.3.3, 7.0.5, 7.1.1, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 1.12.7, 1.12.4, 1.11.0, 1.10.2, 1.10.0, 1.14.0, 1.6.0, 1.9.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.0, 1.7.0, 7.2.13, 7.3.5
CiscoCisco Secure Endpoint Private Cloud Administration PortalN/A

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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