{"id":"USN-5233-2","summary":"clamav vulnerability","details":"USN-5233-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled memory when the\n CL_SCAN_GENERAL_COLLECT_METADATA scan option was enabled. A remote attacker\n could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a\n denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:25Z","published":"2022-01-19T12:42:55Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2022-20698"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-20698","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-20698"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5233-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-20698"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"clamav","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/clamav@0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4","0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu5","0.98.1+dfsg-1ubuntu4","0.98.1+dfsg-1ubuntu5","0.98.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2","0.98.1+dfsg-4ubuntu1","0.98.1+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1","0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.1","0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2","0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.3","0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.4","0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.1","0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2","0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","0.101.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","0.102.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","0.102.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-base"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-daemon"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-docs"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-freshclam"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-milter"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-testfiles"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"libclamav-dev"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"libclamav9"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2022-20698","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5233-2.json"}},{"package":{"name":"clamav","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/clamav@0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu4","0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu5","0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1","0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2","0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.2","0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.3","0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.101.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","0.102.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.102.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-base"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-daemon"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-docs"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-freshclam"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-milter"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamav-testfiles"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"clamdscan"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"libclamav-dev"},{"binary_version":"0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"libclamav9"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2022-20698","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5233-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}