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    CVE-2005-1530

    Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1, with "Scan inside archive files" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a Bzip2 archive with a large 'Extra field length' value.

    Published:Jul 19, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jul 19, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.05979
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Sophos Anti-virus
    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Sophos Mailmonitor
    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Sophos Mailmonitor For Notes Domino
    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Sophos Puremessage Anti-virus
    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Sophos Small Business Suite

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14270http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14270

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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