CVE-2006-6335

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30852

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30851

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-046.html

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-045.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4919

http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.html

http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21563

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454211/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454197/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/23325

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS