CVE-2005-3500

CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
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.

Affected Products
33
Vendor Product Version
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.15
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.20
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.21
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.22
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.23
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.24
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.51
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.52
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.53
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.54
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.60
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.65
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.67
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.68
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.68.1
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.70
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.71
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.72
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.73
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.74
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.75
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.75.1
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.80
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.81
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.82
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.83
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.84
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.85
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.85.1
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.86
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.86.1
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.86.2
clam_anti-virus clamav 0.87
Weakness Types
NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Information
CVE ID:
CVE-2005-3500
Published:
2005-11-05
Modified:
2026-04-16
CVSS Score:
5.0
Severity:
MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected Vendors
clam_anti-virus
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CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9 LOW
4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9 HIGH
9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL