HIGH
Integer signedness error in the administrative interface for Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers with negative values, which lead to a heap-based buffer overflow
Published Oct 5, 2005
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 13.44%
Description
Integer signedness error in the administrative interface for Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers with negative values, which lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.3
- 4.3
- 4.3
- 4.3
- 4.3
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
13.44% 0.13436
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.13436
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 13.44% (0.13436) | 96.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.44% (0.13436) | 95.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.97% (0.23973) | 95.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 20, 2025 | 22.57% (0.22572) | 95.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 21.02% (0.21023) | 95.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.61% (0.16614) | 91.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 21.02% (0.21023) | 95.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.84% (0.07837) | 94.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.60% (0.01603) | 87.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 25, 2024 | 1.95% (0.01952) | 87.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 1.80% (0.01797) | 86.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2023 | 1.52% (0.01523) | 85.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.50% (0.01499) | 84.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17049 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/48 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015001 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=314&type=vulnerabilities third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/849209 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/19854 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15001 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.04.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1954 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22519 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17049 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/48 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015001 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=314&type=vulnerabilities | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/849209 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/19854 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15001 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.04.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1954 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22519 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 5, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 31, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2758
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a