Vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav
CVE-2006-5295
Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.88.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) via a crafted Compressed HTML Help (CHM) file that causes ClamAV to "read an invalid memory location."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.114 (95.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.107 · newest: 0.114 · change: +0.007
Affected products
- Clam Anti-Virus Clamav — versions ., 0.15, 0.20
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4034 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22488 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22370 (third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_60_clamav.html (vendor-advisory)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20537 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22626 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4136 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29608 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-5295?
- CVE-2006-5295 is a vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav. Published 2006-10-16.
- Is CVE-2006-5295 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.