Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 5.0 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 5.0. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3142. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 5.0. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 5.0 and Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with large records after the header.

The bug was discovered 10/03/2005. The weakness was published 10/03/2005 by Alex Wheeler (Website). The advisory is available at rem0te.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3142 since 10/05/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/29/2025).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38475 (Kaspersky Antivirus Personal Library Unspecified Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 16295. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9173.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22497), SecurityFocus (BID 14998†), OSVDB (19850†), Secunia (SA17024†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014998†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 16295
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: rem0te.com
Researcher: Alex Wheeler
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-3142 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3142
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26490
X-Force: 22497
SecurityFocus: 14998 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Library CAB Record Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17024 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus CAB Archive Handling Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19850 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus cab.ppl CAB Archive Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1014998
Vulnerability Center: 9795 - Buffer Overflow in Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Personal Security Suite via Crafted CAB Files, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2005-1934

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/29/2025 06:56
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (68), 06/11/2019 23:16 (8), 06/29/2025 06:56 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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