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CVE-2006-5646· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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

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.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Nov 1, 2006
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
17.9% · 97th percentile
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Action score

25

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
5 / 30 · 17.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
sophosanti-virus
sophosendpoint security

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sophos anti-virus4.04
  • sophos anti-virus4.05
  • sophos anti-virus4.5.11
  • sophos anti-virus4.5.12
  • sophos anti-virus4.5.3
  • sophos anti-virus4.5.4
  • sophos anti-virus4.7.1
  • sophos anti-virus4.7.2
  • sophos anti-virus5.0.1
  • sophos anti-virus5.0.2
  • sophos anti-virus5.0.4
  • sophos anti-virus5.1
  • sophos anti-virus5.2
  • sophos anti-virus5.2.1
  • sophos anti-virus6.0.4
  • sophos endpoint securityup to 6.04 inclusive

Same product

sophos: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2008-6904Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sophos SAVScan 4.33.0 for Linux, and possibly other products and versions, allow remote attackers to
    43Plan
  • CVE-2008-5541Sophos Anti-Virus 4.33.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an HTML document
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2007-4577Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed BZip fil
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2006-5647Sophos 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 atta
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2007-4578Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly exe
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2010-2308Unspecified vulnerability in the filter driver (savonaccessfilter.sys) in Sophos Anti-Virus before 7.6.20 allows local users to gain privile
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrydos2006-12-10

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+39 d
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+7273 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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