CVE-2006-5646 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a malicious CHM file when archive scanning is enabled in Sophos Anti-Virus.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5646?
CVE-2006-5646 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Nov 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5646?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sophos Anti-Virus, Sophos Endpoint Security.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5646?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5646 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2006-5646 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5646 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cmj2-m79r-9mvg.