CVE-2005-3500 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions prior to 0.87.1. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by providing a specially crafted CAB file, leading to an infinite loop and memory exhaustion during scanning. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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