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 write. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HFS+ partition file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ClamAV scanning process, or else crash the process, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog ["https://blog.clamav.net/"].
CVE-2023-20032
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 29.3%, top 2% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
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- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 98.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 1, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jun 10, 2026ClamAV HFS+ Partition Scanning Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: February 2023
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-q8DThCyPatch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
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| ubuntu | clamdscan (0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.10.1) @ kinetic | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-200322023-03-01
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 write. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HFS+ partition file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ClamAV scanning process or else crash the process resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. For a description of this vulnerability see the ClamAV blog ["https://blog.clamav.net/"].
- UbuntuUSN-5887-1MEDIUM
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