Is CVE-2005-1923 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-1923 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-1923?

CVE-2005-1923 has a CVSS score of 2.6 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2005-1923?

Patch guidance is available from clam anti-virus security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2005-1923.

CVE-2005-1923 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2005-1923?

5 products: clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav.

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: high
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: CLAM_ANTI-VIRUS
Published: 7/5/2005
Last Modified: 4/3/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

clam_anti-virus : clamavclam_anti-virus : clamavclam_anti-virus : clamavclam_anti-virus : clamavclam_anti-virus : clamav

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD