CVE-2026-20217

A vulnerability in the PESpin file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition, or possibly other expanded impacts, resulting from memory corruption on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper boundary checks for content in PESpin files during scanning, which may result in an out-of-bounds buffer write. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file that contains PESpin content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software.

Affected products

Clamav, Linuxmint

Cisco Secure Endpoint

< 1.27.2, 1.29.0, 8.6.2

CVSS 3.1

7.5 HIGH

EPSS

0.5% (41th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-120

NVD status

Analyzed

Published

2026-07-01