CVE-2006-5646

N/A Unknown
Published: November 01, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
41.1%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

sophos