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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2005-0218 json

ClamAV 0.80 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a base64 encoded image in a data: (RFC 2397) URL.

published 2005-02-06 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0219

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ClamAV 0.80 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a base64 encoded image in a data: (RFC 2397) URL.

Patch / fix

  • clamav Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.81

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0218

Exploit prediction

2.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.