CVE-2006-5646
N/A
Published: November 1, 2006 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAnti VirusEndpoint Security
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 18%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
Source: [email protected]
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=452Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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