CVE-2006-5646

Published Nov 1, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 17.9% KEV · Not listed
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

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:55 PM
Reserved
Nov 1, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 1, 2006, 3:07 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:31 PM