Is CVE-2005-1923 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-1923 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-1923?

CVE-2005-1923 has a CVSS v2 base score of 2.6 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-1923?

CVE-2005-1923 has an EPSS score of 1.62% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1923?

Upgrade clamav on debian 11 to 0.86.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-1923

LOWEPSS 73th pctl

2.6

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The ENSURE_BITS macro in mszipd.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.83, and other versions vefore 0.86, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a cabinet (CAB) file with the cffile_FolderOffset field set to 0xff, which causes a zero-length read.

How to fix

Remediation Available

clamavDebian

Fixed in:0.86.1CVE-2005-1923

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.62%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

idefense.com

Other references1

debian.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.