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CVE-2005-1923 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737 CVE
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=275&type=vulnerabilities CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737 [email protected]
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=275&type=vulnerabilities [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
clam anti-virus clamav
0.83
0.84_rc1
0.84_rc2
0.85
0.85.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.84_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.84_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.85.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-1923
NVD Published Date:
Jul 5, 2005
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2005-1923 Details - Not Deferred