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CVE-2005-1923

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% 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 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.

Affected products

• Clam Anti-Virus Clamav: 0.83, 0.84_rc1, 0.84_rc2, 0.85, 0.85.1

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=275&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=275&type=vulnerabilities

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