CVE-2005-3142

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 41.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 5.0 and Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with large records after the header.

Affected products

Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti-Virus: 5.0
Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal: 5.0
Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro: 5.0
Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Personal Security Suite: 1.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0018.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112837961522571&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17024/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/44
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014998
http://www.kaspersky.com/news?id=171512144
http://www.osvdb.org/19850
http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/kaspersky.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14998
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1934
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22497
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0018.html

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