CVE-2005-2056 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions prior to 0.86.1. Specifically, a crafted Quantum archive can cause the application to crash when processed by the Quantum archive decompressor. The CVSS score of 2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) indicates a network-based attack with high access complexity, resulting in 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 vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.85CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.85.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.85.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.86CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.