7.5

CVE-2005-2920: clam_anti-virus clamav

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-2920
Published 20-09-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2920 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 8.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.23%
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-824-1DTSA-19-1

Timeline

  1. 20-09-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in libclamav/upx.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed executable.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
8.23%

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
  • clamav0.70 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.75.1 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.85.1 | 0.86 | 0.86.1 | 0.86.2
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.87-1

2 vendors · 2 products

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