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CVE-2006-6335

Critical

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT archive with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a heap-based overflow in veex.dll due to improper length calculation, and (2) a CPIO archive, with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a stack-based overflow in veex.dll.

SeverityCritical
CVSS10.0
Exploit probability—
ProductSophos Anti-virus
PublishedDec 12, 2006
First seenDec 12, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
sophos sophos_anti-virusv ≤ 2.3—

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