CVE-2006-5874 Null dereference in n/a
Remote attackers can crash ClamAV by sending a malformed base64-encoded MIME attachment, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-5874?
CVE-2006-5874 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 10 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed base64-encoded MIME attachment that triggers a null pointer dereference.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5874?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5874?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-5874 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5874 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav
- CVE-2008-1100 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2008-0318 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2007-6337 Unspecified vulnerability in the bzip2 decompression algorithm in nsis/bzlib_private.h in ClamAV before 0.92 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
- CVE-2007-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2005-3587 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5874, DSA-1232-1, GHSA-37hm-87pw-mw7f.