CVE-2021-1405

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2021-1405
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-08 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-05 17:18:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-909

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clamav Clamav All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2626-1] clamav security update MLIST lists.debian.org
ClamAV: Denial of Service (GLSA 202104-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
ClamAV® blog: ClamAV 0.103.2 security patch release CISCO blog.clamav.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174899 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for clamav (SUSE-SU-2021:1174-1)
  • 174903 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for clamav (SUSE-SU-2021:1190-1)
  • 174911 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for clamav (SUSE-SU-2021:1189-1)
  • 178543 Debian Security Update for clamav (DLA 2626-1)
  • 180398 Debian Security Update for clamav (CVE-2021-1405)
  • 198334 Ubuntu Security Notification for ClamAV vulnerabilities (USN-4918-1)
  • 375524 ClamAV Multiple Vulnerability
  • 500100 Alpine Linux Security Update for clamav
  • 503825 Alpine Linux Security Update for clamav
  • 690182 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for clamav (9ae2c00f-97d0-11eb-8cd6-080027f515ea)
  • 710017 Gentoo Linux ClamAV Denial of Service Vulnerability (GLSA 202104-07)
  • 750265 OpenSUSE Security Update for clamav (openSUSE-SU-2021:0555-1)
  • 900102 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for clamav 0.103.0
  • 902797 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for clamav (4078)
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report