CVE-2006-6335
Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT archive with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a heap-based overflow in veex.dll due to…
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Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT archive with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a heap-based overflow in veex.dll due to improper length calculation, and (2) a CPIO archive, with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a stack-based overflow in veex.dll.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 12.62% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sophos/sophos anti-virus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23325
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454197/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454211/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21563
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4919
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-045.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-046.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30851
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30852
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23325
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454197/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454211/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21563
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4919
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-045.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-046.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30851
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30852
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.