CVE-2005-3142 — Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 5.0 and Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with large records after the header

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 5.0 and Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with large records after the header

Published Oct 5, 2005

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 41.65%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 5.0 and Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with large records after the header.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

41.65% 0.41651

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.41651

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	41.65% (0.41651)	98.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	42.54% (0.42544)	98.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	21.20% (0.21200)	95.18th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	19.43% (0.19430)	92.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	21.20% (0.21200)	95.19th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	13.22% (0.13222)	95.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 11, 2024	13.22% (0.13222)	95.67th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	17.48% (0.17484)	95.22th	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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0018.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112837961522571&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/17024/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/44
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014998
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.kaspersky.com/news?id=171512144
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/19850
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/kaspersky.pdf
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14998
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1934
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22497
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0018.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112837961522571&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/17024/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/44		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014998		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.kaspersky.com/news?id=171512144		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/19850		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/kaspersky.pdf		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14998		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1934		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22497		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 Oct 5, 2005

Link CVE-2005-3142

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-3142

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-3142