CVE-2005-2920 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions prior to 0.87, specifically within the libclamav/upx.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted UPX-packed executable. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.