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CVE-2005-0218: clam_anti-virus clamav

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-0218
Published 06-02-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0218 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 2.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-02-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ClamAV 0.80 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a base64 encoded image in a data: (RFC 2397) URL.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.43% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Clam_anti-virus1 product
  • clamav0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.68.1 | 0.80
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.81

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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