CVE-2005-1530
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.062 · 93 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
6.16% (93rd) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1, with "Scan inside archive files" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a Bzip2 archive with a large 'Extra field length' value.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (20)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- sophos sophos mailmonitor for notes dominoall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_mailmonitor_for_notes_domino:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- sophos sophos puremessage anti-virus= 4.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_puremessage_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- sophos sophos small business suite= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_small_business_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2005-07-19modified 2026-06-16
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014488enisa_euvd
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=283&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=trueenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14270enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21373enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014488nvd
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=283&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=truePatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14270ExploitPatchnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21373nvd
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