CVE-2005-2919 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions prior to 0.87. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by submitting a specially crafted FSG packed executable, leading to an infinite loop in the libclamav/fsg.c component. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and potential for denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.72CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.73CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.74CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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