CVE-2005-1923 Affecting clamav package, versions <0.86.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.62% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-CLAMAV-18599962
  • published9 Aug 2026
  • disclosed5 Jul 2005

Introduced: 5 Jul 2005

CVE-2005-1923  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest clamav to version 0.86.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream clamav package and not the clamav package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1