5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-5646
Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (memory corruption) via a CHM file with an LZX decompression header that specifies a Window_size of 0.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 1, 2006, 3:07 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:20 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-5646 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sophos anti-virus
2 Sophos endpoint_security

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-5646 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=452
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22591
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
    Added Reference http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 01, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

59.59 }} -12.83%

score

0.97887

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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