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FKIE_CVE-2005-2768

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-09-02 23:03 - Updated: 2026-04-16 00:27

Severity

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Sophos Antivirus Library, as used by Sophos Antivirus, PureMessage, MailMonitor, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Visio file with a crafted sub record length.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112511873420953&w=2
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/16245/	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14362
cve@mitre.org	http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21608
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112511873420953&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/16245/	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14362
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21608

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.4.6
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.78
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.78d
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.79
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.80
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.81
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.82
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.83
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.84
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.85
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.86
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.90
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.91
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	3.95
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	4.5.3
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	5.0.1
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	5.0.4

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CVE-2005-2768 (GCVE-0-2005-2768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-09-02 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:45

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf	x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/16245/	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14362	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/artic…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112511873420953&w=2	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Date Public

2005-08-26 00:00

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Sightings

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2005-2768 (GCVE-0-2005-2768)

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