CVE-2006-6481

N/A Unknown
Published: December 12, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and application crash) by wrapping many layers of multipart/mixed content around a document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5874 and CVE-2006-6406.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/31283
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23347
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23404
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23417
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-18.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
Source: cve@mitre.org
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.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21609
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0072/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/31283
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23347
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23404
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23417
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-18.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21609
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0072/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

44 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.9%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

clam_anti-virus