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 service (memory corruption) via a CHM file with an LZX decompression header that specifies a Window_size of 0.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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: 0.179 (97.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.176 · newest: 0.179 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Sophos Anti-Virus — versions 4.04, 4.05, 4.5.3
- Sophos Endpoint Security
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22591 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
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.