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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://blog.clamav.net/2021/04/clamav-01032-security-patch-release.html | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00012.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-07 | Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2021-04-07 22:15
Updated : 2022-08-05 10:18
NVD link : CVE-2021-1405
Mitre link : CVE-2021-1405
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CWE
CWE-909
Missing Initialization of Resource
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
clamav
- clamav