7.5

CVE-2005-2768: sophos sophos_anti-virus

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 02-09-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2768 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in sophos sophos_anti-virus. EPSS estimates a 12.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
12.70%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-09-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Sophos Antivirus Library, as used by Sophos Antivirus, PureMessage, MailMonitor, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Visio file with a crafted sub record length.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

12.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 12.70% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
12.70%

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

Sophos1 product
  • sophos_anti-virus3.4.6 | 3.78 | 3.78d | 3.79 | 3.80 | 3.81 | 3.82 | 3.83 | 3.84 | 3.85 | 3.86 | 3.90 | 3.91 | 3.95 | 4.5.3 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.4

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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