CVE-2021-1405 Information
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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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Reference
https://blog.clamav.net/2021/04/clamav-01032-security-patch-release.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00012.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-07
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction Required
NONE
Scope
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
HIGH
Base Severity
7.5