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CVE-2006-5646
Published: Nov 1, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
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1017132
vdb-entry
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ADV-2006-4239
vdb-entry
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20061208 Sophos Antivirus CHM File Heap Overflow Vulnerability
third-party-advisory
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20816
vdb-entry
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22591
third-party-advisory
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