THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-3239
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-3239

Clamav vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The OLE2 unpacker in clamd in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.87-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a DOC file with an invalid property tree, which triggers an infinite recursion in the ole2_walk_property_tree function.
Affected vendor
Clam Anti Virus
Affected product
Clamav
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published
2005-10-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-3239

  • Confirm whether Clam Anti Virus Clamav is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-3239.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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