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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-3239 · published 14 October 2005

CVE-2005-3239: Clam anti-virus clamav vulnerability

CClam Anti Virus · Clamav

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 2.0 High EPSS 4.5% · top 8.9%
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
4.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-3239), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.