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Unscored severity · published Nov 1, 2006
CVE-2006-5647
Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
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CVSS
21.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed CHM file with a large name length in the CHM chunk header, aka "CHM name length memory consumption vulnerability."
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)21.1% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Anti-virus · Sophos
4.04; 4.05; 4.5.3; 4.5.4; 4.5.11; 4.5.12; +9 more · source: NVD
ES
Endpoint Security · Sophos
through 6.04 · source: NVD
Affected product
AN
Anti-virus
Sophos
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5647
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5647
labs.idefense.com
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=451
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591
securitytracker.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
www.sophos.com
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
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