CVE-2005-1530 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1 and related products, where a specially crafted Bzip2 archive with a large 'Extra field length' can cause an infinite loop and high CPU consumption when "Scan inside archive files" is enabled. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.78CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.78dCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.78d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.79CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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