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CVE-2005-1922

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The MS-Expand file handling in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.86 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor and memory consumption) via a crafted file that causes repeated errors in the cli_msexpand function.

Affected products

• Clam Anti-Virus Clamav: 0.81, 0.82, 0.83, 0.84_rc1, 0.84_rc2, 0.85 (+1)

References

• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=336462
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=276&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=336462
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=276&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true

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