CVE-2021-1404CWE-20

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Email Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability

High · published April 8, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the PDF parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.103.0 and 0.103.1 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper buffer size tracking that may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted PDF 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02132 · 81.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2021-04-08T04:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 APR 04:30Z
    Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Email Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability
    cvelistv5