CVE-2021-1404

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-1404.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-1404

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed0.103.2-1
debian debianbookwormfixed0.103.2+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.103.2+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed0.103.2+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed0.103.2+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.103.2+dfsg-1
suse slesaffected

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.