CVE Alert: CVE-2025-20128
Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2025-20128
A vulnerability in the Object Linking and Embedding 2 (OLE2) decryption routine 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 integer underflow in a bounds check that allows for a heap buffer overflow 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 terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the . Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
1/22/2025, 5:15:12 PM
⚠️ CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- https://blog.clamav.net/2025/01/clamav-142-and-108-security-patch.html
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-ole2-H549rphA
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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