CVE-2005-2056

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-06-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Quantum archive decompressor in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.86.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Quantum archive.

Affected products

Clam Anti-Virus Clamav: 0.85, 0.85.1, 0.86

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15811
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=337279
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-23.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_38_clamav.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14058
http://secunia.com/advisories/15811
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=337279
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-23.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_38_clamav.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14058

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