CVE-2006-5646 (GCVE-0-2006-5646)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-01 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/artic… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22591 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2006-10-27 00:00
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