CVE-2005-1922 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in ClamAV via crafted MS-Expand files, leading to resource exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1922?
CVE-2005-1922 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 30 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The MS-Expand file handling in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.86 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor and memory consumption) via a crafted file that causes repeated errors in the cli_msexpand function.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1922?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1922?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-1922 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1922 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav
- CVE-2008-1100 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2008-0318 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2007-6337 Unspecified vulnerability in the bzip2 decompression algorithm in nsis/bzlib_private.h in ClamAV before 0.92 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
- CVE-2007-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2005-3587 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1922, GHSA-j4m9-w48g-9r75.