CVE-2020-37167

Publication date 13 February 2026

Last updated 13 February 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

ClamAV ClamBC bytecode interpreter contains a vulnerability in function name processing that allows attackers to manipulate bytecode function names. Attackers can exploit the weak input validation in function name encoding to potentially execute malicious bytecode or cause unexpected behavior in the ClamAV engine.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
clamav 25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
libclamunrar 25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation

Notes


leosilva

Building ClamAV requires rust compiler >= 1.61 releases as bionic, xenial and trusty are not covered by that version of rustc. ClamAV new versions can't build in these releases anymore.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H