CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3239

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The OLE2 unpacker in clamd in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.87-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a DOC file with an invalid property tree, which triggers an infinite recursion in the ole2_walk_property_tree function.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely crash the antivirus scanner, preventing file scanning and exposing the system to further threats.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade ClamAV to a version newer than 0.87-1, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The OLE2 unpacker in clamd in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.87-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a DOC file with an invalid property tree, which triggers an infinite recursion in the ole2_walk_property_tree function.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS