CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1405

Missing Initialization of Resource

Published: Apr 08, 2021 | Modified: Aug 05, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product does not initialize a critical resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Clamav Clamav * 0.103.1 (including)
Clamav Ubuntu bionic *
Clamav Ubuntu focal *
Clamav Ubuntu groovy *
Clamav Ubuntu precise/esm *
Clamav Ubuntu trusty *
Clamav Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Clamav Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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