CVE-2005-3500
N/A
Published: November 5, 2005 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorClamav
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The tnef_attachment function in tnef.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory exhaustion) via a crafted value in a CAB file that causes ClamAV to repeatedly scan the same block.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (15)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17434Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/152x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=368319Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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