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Vulnerability details: VCID-ppa9-ft1j-abg7
Vulnerability ID VCID-ppa9-ft1j-abg7
Aliases CVE-2020-3481
Summary A vulnerability in the EGG archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0 - 0.102.3 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a null pointer dereference. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted EGG file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process 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 (1)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
System Score Found at
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
epss 0.03903 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://blog.clamav.net/2020/07/clamav-01024-security-patch-released.html
ssvc Track https://blog.clamav.net/2020/07/clamav-01024-security-patch-released.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00010.html
ssvc Track https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00010.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IJ67VH37NCG25PICGWFWZHSVG7PBT7MC/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IJ67VH37NCG25PICGWFWZHSVG7PBT7MC/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QM7EXJHDEZJLWM2NKH6TCDXOBP5NNYIN/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QM7EXJHDEZJLWM2NKH6TCDXOBP5NNYIN/
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3481
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3481
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-23
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-23
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-1/
ssvc Track https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-1/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-2/
ssvc Track https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-2/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-3481
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3481
202007-23 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-23
clamav-01024-security-patch-released.html https://blog.clamav.net/2020/07/clamav-01024-security-patch-released.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:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-3481 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3481
IJ67VH37NCG25PICGWFWZHSVG7PBT7MC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IJ67VH37NCG25PICGWFWZHSVG7PBT7MC/
msg00010.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00010.html
QM7EXJHDEZJLWM2NKH6TCDXOBP5NNYIN https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QM7EXJHDEZJLWM2NKH6TCDXOBP5NNYIN/
USN-4435-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-1/
USN-4435-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-2/
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/2020/07/clamav-01024-security-patch-released.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/2024-11-13T17:13:21Z/ Found at https://blog.clamav.net/2020/07/clamav-01024-security-patch-released.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00010.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-13T17:13:21Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00010.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IJ67VH37NCG25PICGWFWZHSVG7PBT7MC/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-13T17:13:21Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IJ67VH37NCG25PICGWFWZHSVG7PBT7MC/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QM7EXJHDEZJLWM2NKH6TCDXOBP5NNYIN/
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/2024-11-13T17:13:21Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QM7EXJHDEZJLWM2NKH6TCDXOBP5NNYIN/
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3481
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-2020-3481
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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/202007-23
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-13T17:13:21Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-23
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-1/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-13T17:13:21Z/ Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-1/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-2/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-13T17:13:21Z/ Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/4435-2/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.87834
EPSS Score 0.03903
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:33:26.627271+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.11/main.json 37.0.0