CVE-2005-3501 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the libmspack library used by Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions prior to 0.87.1. A remote attacker could trigger an infinite loop by providing a specially crafted CAB file with a zero length, causing the cabd_find function to fail. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.87CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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