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CVE-2005-2450

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2450 describes multiple integer overflows within the TNEF, CHM, or FSG file format processors of libclamav in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 0.86.1 and earlier. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to gain privileges by sending a specially crafted email message. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0388 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/16180
secunia.com / advisories/16229
secunia.com / advisories/16250
secunia.com / advisories/16296
secunia.com / advisories/16458
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200507-25.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21555
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Patch
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
osvdb.org / 18257
osvdb.org / 18258
osvdb.org / 18259
securityfocus.com / bid/14359