CVE-2005-0218
ClamAV 0.80 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a base64 encoded image in a data: (RFC 2397) URL.
02 Description
ClamAV 0.80 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a base64 encoded image in a data: (RFC 2397) URL.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-02-06 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-02-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 96269d91e599cc8677641f18aa41237443c1eb20d2b6427b819f74e2853a3d43
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.org20050114 Re: Multi-vendor AV gateway image inspection bypass vulnerabilityhttp://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Jan/0537.html
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=300116
- seclists.org20050110 Multi-vendor AV gateway image inspection bypass vulnerabilityhttp://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Jan/0332.html
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200501-46http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-46.xml
- secunia.com13900http://secunia.com/advisories/13900/
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:025http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:025
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.81
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.81
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.81
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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