2.6

CVE-2005-1923: clam_anti-virus clamav

CVSS: 2.6v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-1923
Published 30-06-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1923 is a low (CVSS 2.6) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
11/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.62%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-737-1DTSA-3-1

Timeline

  1. 30-06-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ENSURE_BITS macro in mszipd.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.83, and other versions vefore 0.86, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a cabinet (CAB) file with the cffile_FolderOffset field set to 0xff, which causes a zero-length read.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.62% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.62%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

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
  • clamav0.83 | 0.84_rc1 | 0.84_rc2 | 0.85 | 0.85.1
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.86.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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