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CVE-2021-1405

7.5 highEPSS 3.0%

High (7.5). EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-909, CWE-120
Published
Modified
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