HIGH
Buffer overflow in libclamav/upx.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed executable
Published Sep 20, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.23%
Description
Buffer overflow in libclamav/upx.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed executable.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.70
- 0.71
- 0.72
- 0.73
- 0.74
- 0.75
- 0.75.1
- 0.80
- 0.81
- 0.82
- 0.83
- 0.84
- 0.85
- 0.85.1
- 0.86
- 0.86.1
- 0.86.2
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.23% 0.08227
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08227
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.23% (0.08227) | 94.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.23% (0.08227) | 94.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 14.21% (0.14209) | 93.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.45% (0.11445) | 89.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 14.21% (0.14209) | 93.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 28.88% (0.28883) | 96.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 27, 2024 | 27.65% (0.27653) | 96.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 33.13% (0.33132) | 96.33th | 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 (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16848 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16989 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=356974 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-824 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/363713 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_55_clamav.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/19506 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14866 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1774 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22307 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16848 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16989 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=356974 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-824 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-13.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/363713 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_55_clamav.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/19506 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14866 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1774 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22307 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 20, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 15, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2920
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a