7.5

CVE-2005-2450: clam_anti-virus clamav

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-2450DSA-776-1
Published 03-08-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2450 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 3.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.88%
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 1
DTSA-3-1

Timeline

  1. 03-08-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) TNEF, (2) CHM, or (3) FSG file format processors in libclamav for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.86.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted e-mail message.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.88% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.88%

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
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.86.2-1 | < 0.84-2.sarge.2

2 vendors · 2 products

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