CVE-2006-5646 | BDVDB-2026-20087 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=452
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12006-11-01Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.