CVE-2021-1405CWE-120

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) PDF Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability

High · published April 8, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the email parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software version 0.103.1 and all prior versions could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper variable initialization that may result in an NULL pointer read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process 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
0.03031 · 87.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Published
2021-04-08T04:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 APR 04:30Z
    Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) PDF Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability
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