CVE - CVE-2006-5647

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-5647	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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."
References
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BID:20816 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816 CONFIRM:http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html IDEFENSE:20061208 Sophos Antivirus CHM Chunk Name Length Memory Corruption Vulnerability URL:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=451 SECTRACK:1017132 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132 SECUNIA:22591 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22591 VUPEN:ADV-2006-4239 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Entry Created
20061101	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20061101)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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