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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2021· Updated Nov 8, 2024

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Email Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2021-1404

Description

A vulnerability in the PDF parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.103.0 and 0.103.1 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper buffer size tracking that may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted PDF file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

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