CVE-2005-3239

Description

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.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.59% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/17451	third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-04.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17501	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17184	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15101	vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:205	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17559	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17448	third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/20536	vdb entry
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=368319
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=333566	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-887	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015154	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3239?: CVE-2005-3239 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3239?: To fix CVE-2005-3239, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3239 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-3239 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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