CVE-2005-1922
clamav - denial of service and privilege escalation
EPSS 0.74%
Description
The MS-Expand file handling in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.86 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor and memory consumption) via a crafted file that causes repeated errors in the cli_msexpand function.
How to fix CVE-2005-1922
To remediate CVE-2005-1922, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/clamav—upgrade to 0.86.1-1 or later
- Debian/clamav—upgrade to 0.84-2.sarge.1 or later
- Debian/clamav—upgrade to 0.86.2-4etch1 or later
Is CVE-2005-1922 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.86.1-1
- from 0, < 0.84-2.sarge.1
- from 0, < 0.86.2-4etch1