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CVE-2006-4018
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pefromupx function in libclamav/upx.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.81 through 0.88.3 allows remote…
High7.5EPSS 19.4%
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pefromupx function in libclamav/upx.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.81 through 0.88.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file containing sections with large rsize values.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.4% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- ADV-2006-3175 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060809 [Overflow.pl] Clam AntiVirus Win32-UPX Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21562 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 21368 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200608-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 21497 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-10.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 21443 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 19381 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1016645 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.overflow.pl/adv/clamav_upx_heap.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- clamav-pefromupx-bo(28286) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 2006-0046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 21457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21374 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3275 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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