CVE-2006-5647 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a malformed CHM file, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5647?
CVE-2006-5647 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, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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."
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5647?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sophos Anti-Virus, Sophos Endpoint Security.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5647?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5647 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-2006-5647 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5647 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-28mj-jg9q-pj9c.