{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T07:37:30+00:00","cve":"CVE-2005-2768","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2005-2768","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2005-2768.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2768","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2768"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2005-2768","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 file with a crafted sub record length.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"mitre","published_at":"2005-09-02 23:03:00","updated_at":"2025-04-03 01:03:51"},"problem_types":["NVD-CWE-Other","n/a"],"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"7.5","severity":"","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","data":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":7.5,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"}}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21608","name":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21608","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"IBM X-Force Exchange","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112511873420953&w=2","name":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112511873420953&w=2","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"'Sophos Antivirus Library Remote Heap Overflow' - MARC","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/16245/","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/16245/","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Secunia - Advisories - Sophos Anti-Virus Visio File Parsing Buffer Overflow","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf","name":"http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"rem0te.com","mime":"application/pdf","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html","name":"http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Sophos support knowledgebase","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"-1","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14362","name":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14362","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Sophos Anti-Virus Library Visio Scanning Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2768","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2768","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","version":"affected n/a","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.4.6","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.78","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.78d","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.79","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.80","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.81","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.82","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.83","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.84","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.85","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.86","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.90","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.91","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"3.95","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"4.5.3","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"5.0.1","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2005","cve_id":"2768","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"sophos","cpe5":"sophos_anti-virus","cpe6":"5.0.4","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T22:45:02.244Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf"},{"name":"sophos-bo(21608)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"],"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21608"},{"name":"16245","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/16245/"},{"name":"14362","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14362"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html"},{"name":"20050826 Sophos Antivirus Library Remote Heap Overflow","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"],"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112511873420953&w=2"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}],"datePublic":"2005-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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 file with a crafted sub record length."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2017-07-10T14:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","shortName":"mitre"},"references":[{"tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf"},{"name":"sophos-bo(21608)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"],"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21608"},{"name":"16245","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/16245/"},{"name":"14362","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14362"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html"},{"name":"20050826 Sophos Antivirus Library Remote Heap Overflow","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"],"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112511873420953&w=2"}],"x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2005-2768","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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 file with a crafted sub record length."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf","refsource":"MISC","url":"http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf"},{"name":"sophos-bo(21608)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21608"},{"name":"16245","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/16245/"},{"name":"14362","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14362"},{"name":"http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html"},{"name":"20050826 Sophos Antivirus Library Remote Heap Overflow","refsource":"BUGTRAQ","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112511873420953&w=2"}]}}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","assignerShortName":"mitre","cveId":"CVE-2005-2768","datePublished":"2005-09-02T04:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2005-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T22:45:02.244Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2005-09-02 23:03:00","lastModifiedDate":"2025-04-03 01:03:51","problem_types":["NVD-CWE-Other","n/a"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":7.5,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":10,"impactScore":6.4,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":true,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"22A1739A-B77D-4CD6-9943-52B336EC2F22"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"40D4EB83-A8A4-48F2-A835-FA192ADB3BFD"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.78d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"1609D51F-41D1-441C-9EA8-3F0510D8ED8D"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"3ABBFB36-0A7C-45ED-9907-867F31884113"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"23543D87-E4B6-4B74-A490-378D45AA3481"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"E4DBC8E3-0344-413A-8C4A-F48CBAAFAB91"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"28C3AD19-26F4-4AFF-8207-86017509EECC"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"8EFC7217-88A6-4241-8FD9-4B7E2683F696"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.84:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"FDC8C9FC-9D35-455D-9597-3B2E63845B10"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"E07255F9-5726-4FDB-81A3-D0D55AD1F709"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"DD1A8D69-0A33-4F47-B1BA-8BC898A3E7EF"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"06164FCF-CC47-406D-8561-DDA797B29673"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"A323A588-59DD-4D89-A224-A6FF7BBD7B37"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"B7CDEAF9-0769-4570-8191-DA368938FDFE"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"7B0A4880-4C6D-45F4-A9E3-45F89565A70E"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"0756438F-DD69-4213-9069-FA613A5D729E"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"F0FB0CD9-91CB-43C5-9CB5-1B3BC665D134"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2005","CveId":"2768","Ordinal":"1","Title":"CVE-2005-2768","CVE":"CVE-2005-2768","Year":"2005"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2005","CveId":"2768","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"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 file with a crafted sub record length.","Type":"Description","Title":"CVE-2005-2768"},{"CveYear":"2005","CveId":"2768","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2005-09-02","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2005","CveId":"2768","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2017-07-10","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}