CVE-2005-1923

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    CVE-2005-1923

    Published: 5 Jul 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=275&type=vulnerabilities, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=275&type=vulnerabilities

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High