CVE-2006-5647
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119
Buffer Errors
Publication date:
01/11/2006
Last modified:
09/04/2025
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed CHM file with a large name length in the CHM chunk header, aka "CHM name length memory consumption vulnerability."
Impact
Base Score 2.0
6.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=451
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22591
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132=
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=451
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22591
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132=
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239