CVE-2005-1530
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1, with "Scan inside archive files" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a Bzip2 archive with a large 'Extra field length' value.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1, with "Scan inside archive files" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a Bzip2 archive with a large 'Extra field length' value.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.16% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sophos/sophos anti-virus · sophos/sophos mailmonitor · sophos/sophos mailmonitor for notes domino · sophos/sophos puremessage anti-virus · sophos/sophos small business suite
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014488
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=283&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=truePatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14270Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21373
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014488
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=283&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=truePatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14270Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21373
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.