4.3

CVE-2005-3501: clamav Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-3501
Published 05-11-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-3501 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in clamav. EPSS estimates a 3.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

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 cabd_find function in cabd.c of the libmspack library (mspack) for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted CAB file that causes cabd_find to be called with a zero length.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.59% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (idefense.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Clamav1 product
  • clamav≤ 0.87 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.8:rc3 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14:pre | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.60p | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.67-1 | 0.68 | 0.68.1 | 0.70 | 0.70:rc | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.75.1 | 0.80 | 0.80:rc | 0.80:rc1 | 0.80:rc2 | 0.80:rc3 | 0.80:rc4 | 0.80_rc | 0.81 | 0.81:rc1 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.84:rc1 | 0.84:rc2 | 0.85 | 0.85.1 | 0.86 | 0.86:rc1 | 0.86.1 | 0.86.2
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.87.1-1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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