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CVE-2005-1923

LOW · CVSS 2.6 EPSS 1.62%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-07-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.6. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2005-1923
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.6
EPSS
1.62%

Original NVD Description

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.