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Vulnerability details: VCID-frmm-y131-c7ht
Vulnerability ID VCID-frmm-y131-c7ht
Aliases CVE-2022-20698
Summary A vulnerability in the OOXML parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software version 0.104.1 and LTS version 0.103.4 and prior versions could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper checks that may result in an invalid pointer read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted OOXML file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
epss 0.00258 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://blog.clamav.net/2022/01/clamav-01035-and-01042-security-patch.html
ssvc Track https://blog.clamav.net/2022/01/clamav-01035-and-01042-security-patch.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20698
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20698
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-20698
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-20698
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
202310-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01
clamav-01035-and-01042-security-patch.html https://blog.clamav.net/2022/01/clamav-01035-and-01042-security-patch.html
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2022-20698 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20698
USN-5233-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5233-1/
USN-5233-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5233-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://blog.clamav.net/2022/01/clamav-01035-and-01042-security-patch.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-06T16:01:57Z/ Found at https://blog.clamav.net/2022/01/clamav-01035-and-01042-security-patch.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20698
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20698
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

low

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required

unchanged

changed

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-06T16:01:57Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.49064
EPSS Score 0.00258
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:30:49.966011+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.12/main.json 37.0.0