CVE-2006-5646
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
Product
Sophos Anti-virus
PublishedNov 1, 2006
First seenNov 1, 2006
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sophos anti-virus | 4.04, 4.05, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.11, 4.5.12, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.2.1, 6.0.4 | — |
| sophos endpoint_security | v ≤ 6.04 | — |
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