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CVE-2006-6293
Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…
High7.5EPSS 17.3%
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.
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)
- 17.3% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (4 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 (13)
- http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23328 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/061201_release_unix467.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22879 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30406 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1017331 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21086 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061204 F-Prot Antivirus for Unix: heap overflow and Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://gleg.net/fprot.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200612-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20061204 F-Prot Antivirus for Unix: heap overflow and Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4830 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 2893 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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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