CVE-2006-5874

N/A Unknown
Published: December 10, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed base64-encoded MIME attachment that triggers a null pointer dereference.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23327
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1232
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21510
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23327
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1232
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21510
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.5%
81th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

clam_anti-virus