01 Record
CVE-2005-2768
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Sophos Antivirus Library, as used by Sophos Antivirus, PureMessage, MailMonitor, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Visio
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Sophos Antivirus Library, as used by Sophos Antivirus, PureMessage, MailMonitor, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Visio
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
- 12.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.9% 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
- 2005-09-02 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-02
- 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
- af50bcc4891056ff2f966e5ecf06e1682abab495ca8de49200f0bca14f57a145
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.rem0te.comhttp://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsophos-bo(21608)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21608
- secunia.com16245http://secunia.com/advisories/16245/
- www.securityfocus.com14362http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14362
- www.sophos.comhttp://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html
- marc.info20050826 Sophos Antivirus Library Remote Heap Overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112511873420953&w=2