Buffer overflow in Sophos Anti-virus

CVE-2006-5646

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 servi…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.174 (96.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-5646?
CVE-2006-5646 is a vulnerability in Sophos Anti-virus, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2006-11-01.
Is CVE-2006-5646 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.