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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2626-1 clamav security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-6872 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4918-1 ClamAV vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4918-2 ClamAV vulnerabilities
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History

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:15:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-08T23:25:38.707Z

Reserved: 2020-11-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-1405

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:11:16.920Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-08T05:15:13.347

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:44:16.853

Link: CVE-2021-1405

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