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CVE-2006-6335
Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT…
High10.0EPSS 12.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.6% · top 3.7% 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 10.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-046.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21563 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061212 ZDI-06-045: Sophos Anti-Virus CPIO Archive Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- sophos-sit-bo(30852) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20061212 ZDI-06-046: Sophos Anti-Virus SIT Archive Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4919 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23325 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- sophos-cpio-bo(30851) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-045.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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