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FKIE_CVE-2005-1923

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-07-05 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:13
Severity
Summary
The ENSURE_BITS macro in mszipd.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.83, and other versions vefore 0.86, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a cabinet (CAB) file with the cffile_FolderOffset field set to 0xff, which causes a zero-length read.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=275&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=275&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.83
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.84_rc1
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.84_rc2
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.85
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.85.1
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