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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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.
Title ClamAV ClamBC <= 0.102.0 - 'ClamBC' Executable Regular Expression Error
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-12T22:48:50.169Z

Reserved: 2026-02-06T12:30:23.086Z

Link: CVE-2020-37167

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-12T23:16:08.887

Modified: 2026-02-12T23:16:08.887

Link: CVE-2020-37167

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