Vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus
CVE-2006-6335
Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT archive with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a heap-based overflow in veex.dll due to improper length calculation, and (2) a CPIO archive, with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a stack-based overflow in veex.dll.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.126 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.123 · newest: 0.126 · change: +0.003
Affected products
References
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-046.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21563 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454197/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30852 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454211/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4919 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23325 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30851 (vdb-entry)
- www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.html (Vendor Advisory)