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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-1923

The ENSURE_BITS macro in mszipd.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.83, and other versions vefore 0.86, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a cabinet (CAB) file with the cffile_FolderOffset field set…

LOW 2.6EPSS 1.62%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The ENSURE_BITS macro in mszipd.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.83, and other versions vefore 0.86, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a cabinet (CAB) file with the cffile_FolderOffset field set to 0xff, which causes a zero-length read.

CVSS 2.0
2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
1.62% probability · 75th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
clam anti-virus/clamav
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.