Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1, with "Scan inside archive files" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a Bzip2 archive with a large 'Extra field length' value
Published Jul 19, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.16%
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1, with "Scan inside archive files" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a Bzip2 archive with a large 'Extra field length' value.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.4.6
- 3.78
- 3.78d
- 3.79
- 3.80
- 3.81
- 3.82
- 3.83
- 3.84
- 3.85
- 3.86
- 3.90
- 3.91
- 5.0.1
- 2.0
- 2.1
- n/a
- 4.6
- 1.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.16% (0.06163) | 93.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.16% (0.06163) | 92.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.98% (0.05979) | 89.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.14% (0.08140) | 86.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.98% (0.05979) | 89.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 33.92% (0.33919) | 97.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 25, 2024 | 47.99% (0.47994) | 97.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 55.23% (0.55229) | 97.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | 62.38% (0.62376) | 97.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 55.87% (0.55868) | 97.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 71.76% (0.71757) | 97.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014488 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=283&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14270 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21373 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014488 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=283&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14270 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21373 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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