CVE-2005-2919

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-09-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-17

Description

libclamav/fsg.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted FSG packed executable.

Affected products

Clam Anti-Virus Clamav: 0.70, 0.71, 0.72, 0.73, 0.74, 0.75 (+11)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16848
http://secunia.com/advisories/16989
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=356974
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-824
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-13.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:166
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_55_clamav.html
http://www.osvdb.org/19507
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14867
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1774
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22308
http://secunia.com/advisories/16848

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