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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-27506

The ClamAV Engine (version 0.103.1 and below) component embedded in Storsmshield Network Security (SNS) is subject to DoS in case of parsing of malformed png files. This affect Netasq versions 9.1.0 to 9.1.11 and SNS versions 1.0.0 to 4.2.0. This issue is fixed in SNS 3.7.19, 3.11.7 and 4.2.1.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-27506

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Mar 2021, 15:15 UTC

The ClamAV Engine (version 0.103.1 and below) component embedded in Storsmshield Network Security (SNS) is subject to DoS in case of parsing of malformed png files. This affect Netasq versions 9.1.0 to 9.1.11 and SNS versions 1.0.0 to 4.2.0. This issue is fixed in SNS 3.7.19, 3.11.7 and 4.2.1.

osv:CVE-2021-27506
Complete source record
{
  "id": "2574daf80aa9663da096b968077f9a4ebc83d508bc69607d3616355ca78200ee",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27506",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-27506",
    "summary": "The ClamAV Engine (version 0.103.1 and below) component embedded in Storsmshield Network Security (SNS) is subject to DoS in case of parsing of malformed png files. This affect Netasq versions 9.1.0 to 9.1.11 and SNS versions 1.0.0 to 4.2.0. This issue is fixed in SNS 3.7.19, 3.11.7 and 4.2.1.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-27506",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-27506",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-27506"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/cisco-talos/clamav",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "e7f5f53737f51f3b8395c12b1f804dc6c2181169"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.103.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "clamav-0.103.1",
            "clamav-0.103.0",
            "clamav-0.103.0-rc2",
            "clamav-0.103.0-rc",
            "clamav-0.102.0",
            "clamav-0.101.0",
            "clamav-0.97",
            "clamav-0.97rc",
            "clamav-0.96.5",
            "clamav-0.96.4",
            "clamav-0.96.3",
            "clamav-0.96.2",
            "clamav-0.96",
            "clamav-0.96rc2",
            "clamav-0.96rc1",
            "merge-llvm-97877",
            "r5076"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-27506.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:23.072035897Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://advisories.stormshield.eu/2021-003/",
        "https://blog.clamav.net/2021/02/clamav-01031-patch-release.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:netasq_project:netasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "netasq_project:netasq",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.1.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.1.11"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:stormshield:stormshield_network_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "stormshield:stormshield_network_security",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "4.2.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-27506",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430822,
  "published_at": "2021-03-19T15:15:12.65+00:00"
}