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CVE-2006-0162

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Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in libclamav/upx.c in Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) before 0.88 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted UPX files.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24047

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-001.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0116

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16191

http://www.osvdb.org/22318

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:016

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/385908

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-07.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-947

http://www.clamav.net/doc/0.88/ChangeLog

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015457

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/342

http://secunia.com/advisories/18548

http://secunia.com/advisories/18478

http://secunia.com/advisories/18463

http://secunia.com/advisories/18453

http://secunia.com/advisories/18379

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-January/041325.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-01-10

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.27999

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