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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.
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
ClamAV 0.80 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a base64 encoded image in a data: (RFC 2397) URL.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- 20050114 Re: Multi-vendor AV gateway image inspection bypass vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=300116 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20050110 Multi-vendor AV gateway image inspection bypass vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200501-46 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 13900 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0219 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0218)Record last updated .