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CVE-2005-3500: clam_anti-virus clamav

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-3500
Published 05-11-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-3500 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 3.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.96%
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-887-1DTSA-21-1

Timeline

  1. 05-11-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The tnef_attachment function in tnef.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory exhaustion) via a crafted value in a CAB file that causes ClamAV to repeatedly scan the same block.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.96% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.96%

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
  • clamav0.15 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.68.1 | 0.70 | 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 | 0.87
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.87.1-1

2 vendors · 2 products

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